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girlboss

American  

[gurl-baws, -bos] / ˈgɜrlˌbɔs, -ˌbɒs /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of girlboss

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

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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.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

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

From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2025

Whether this makes the movie an innately feminist work or, as some detractors have claimed, a superficial girlboss narrative is certainly open to debate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

The girlboss in me would never stand for this behavior, but I feel gaslighted and don’t know how to act.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023

"Channel that anger into getting what you want," she advises, like a girlboss cross stitch.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2022