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Barbie doll

/ ˈbɑːbɪ /

noun

  1. a teenage doll with numerous sets of clothes and accessories

  2. slang,  a superficially attractive but insipid young woman

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Rugby star Ilona Maher is a two-time Olympian, a “Dancing With the Stars” alum, a social media favorite and now a Barbie doll.

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In an era when the decades-old Barbie doll is a billion-dollar box office hit and shows like HBO’s “The Last of Us,” based on the Naughty Dog game, and Amazon MGM Studios’ “Fallout,” based on the Bethesda game franchise, are critically acclaimed, studios see all of these as intellectual property worth mining.

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On top of the pay phone perches a nude Barbie doll.

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Famously, he set a Barbie doll on fire to protest Greta Gerwig’s movie portraying the doll as a woman with agency, rather than a passive plaything.

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He softens this blow, however, with a brief but lighthearted chapter about Nicks’ wildly popular Barbie doll.

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