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Essex girl

British  

noun

  1. derogatory a young working-class woman from the Essex area, typically considered as being unintelligent, materialistic, devoid of taste, and sexually promiscuous

"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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"I think I was invited to this role partly because I'm an Essex girl and that is an identity that has not been celebrated," she said.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2023

The origins of this label possibly lie with the concept of Essex Man - that almost forgotten relative of the Essex girl - which reared its head in the early 1990s.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2017

Dr Terri Simpkin, a lecturer in leadership and corporate education at Anglia Ruskin University, said the term Essex girl was first recorded in 1892 but its modern connotations date from the late 1980s.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2017

So what does it really mean to be an Essex girl in 2017?

From BBC Mar. 8, 2017

As long as they stop calling me an Essex girl.

From The Guardian Aug. 4, 2012

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