popstrel

/ ˈpɒpstrəl /

noun

1. a young, attractive female pop star

Word History and Origins

Origin of popstrel¹

perhaps from _popst(er) + _-rel

Example Sentences

Rihanna’s shift from sweatpant-and-sparkles popstrel to edgy, controversy-baiting sex symbol caught the attention of the fashion industry.

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The record that turned Madonna from a streetwise popstrel into an international phenomenon was produced by Chic’s Nile Rodgers; even now, it sounds less a novelty pop record – among the first landmark albums to be recorded in the shiny and new digital format – and more like a filtration of New York funk.

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Nineties pop legend Britney Spears meets noughties popstrel Katy Perry at the premiere of the Smurfs 2 film in the United States on Sunday night.

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Yet Redknapp barely seems to have aged since she sported oversize lumberjack shirts and dungarees as a popstrel in the 1990s.

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Another week, another eleventy incidents of deranged warfare among the tribes of popstrel acolytes, like the One Direction fan who tweeted a picture of herself meeting a band member, and had the obligatory promises to maim and kill slung her way by little tinkers misusing their study nooks.

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