girlboss

[gurl-baws, -bos]

noun

Informal.

1. a woman, especially a young woman, who is ambitious and successful in her career.

   This guide will help you get it together so that you can accomplish your goals and be a girlboss!

   My girlboss of a sister graduated five years ago and has already been promoted twice.

Word History and Origins

Origin of girlboss¹

Popularized in 2014 by U.S. businesswoman Sophia Amoruso (born 1984) in her book Girlboss; girl ( def. ) + boss ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Other critics include Alison Herman, writing in Variety that it is a "clumsy, condescending take on rah-rah girlboss feminism", while the Hollywood Reporter's Angie Han called Kardashian an "appropriately wooden lead for Ryan Murphy's empty, unforgivably dull drama".

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In a video she posted to TikTok in August, Atienza spoke about how “misunderstood and misrepresented feminism is” on social media, calling out certain “girlboss” trends as being “misogyny packaged into a pink sparkly bow.”

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In her fourth outing with Mr. Lanthimos, Emma Stone again shows an impressively daring quality in a grueling and degrading role, which spoofs today’s clichés about girlboss power.

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While the episode may fly under the radar in comparison to the extremely tense “Fishes” or homoerotic undertones of “Honeydew,” the episode radically — finally! — sets women free from years of toxic diet culture as well as girlboss tropes.

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But women entered the paid workforce not because of girlboss feminism, but out of economic necessity.

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