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Essex girl

British

noun

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

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A new short film challenging the much-maligned Essex girl stereotype has been shortlisted at a prestigious UK screen festival.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2023

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

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

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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