It girl
Americannoun
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a young woman with sex appeal and a magnetic personality.
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an extremely popular and attractive young socialite or celebrity.
noun
Etymology
Origin of It girl
The nickname given to the sex symbol Clara Bow, subject of the 1927 novel and movie It , written by Elinor Glyn, who popularized the concept of it 1 in the slang sense “sex appeal”
Example Sentences
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This series also sees the introduction of British actors like new love interest Charlotte Ritchie and Tilly Keeper, who was previously in EastEnders, as a famous It girl.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2023
"At the time I was the It girl of London, on the social scene, everyone knew me, I was at every dinner event," Hervey explained.
From Fox News • Jan. 18, 2022
Photograph: Photograph: Allstar/Dreamworks But soon after, Apatow called him to a screen test in New York with Schumer, the Comedy Central It girl who’s having a huge cultural moment right now.
From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2015
Like singer Marianne Faithfull's revelatory autobiography "Faithfull," which detailed her life as a '60s "It" girl, Rolling Stones muse, junkie and chanteuse, Albertine throughout the decades questions assumptions of femininity, propriety and creativity.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2014
Winona Ryder plays his sympathetic love interest, securing her reign post-Beetlejuice and Heathers as the quintessential It girl for goths and slackers everywhere.
From Time • Dec. 20, 2013
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