girl dinner

American  

[gurl din-er] / ˈgɜrl ˌdɪn ər /

noun

Informal.

1. an often attractively presented collection of snacks that involve little preparation, such as small quantities of cold cuts, cheese, fruit, cherry tomatoes, etc., and often including items of little nutritional value, deemed sufficient to constitute a meal for one: typically the fare of young single women with little time or inclination to cook.

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Etymology

Origin of girl dinner

First recorded in 2023

Example Sentences

Tinned fish was the epitome of "girl dinner" before girl dinner became a whole thing.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

But Maher takes a more positive approach towards the term girl dinner.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

One user even created a TikTok sound which has become the unofficial girl dinner song - and according to TikTok has been used by more than 430,000 people to soundtrack their own videos.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

So when a 34-year-old woman refers to herself as a girl or eating a girl dinner, it negates the idea that girlhood is merely a time when we stare shamefully at the mirror.

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2023

Irish girl, dinner; bakery,— street, bread; cracker bakery,——, street; house four doors from—— street, lady, lots to eat and money; sisters in——street, soup; hotel,——street, soup meat, 12.30 P.M.,' etc., etc.

From The Secrets of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney