riot grrrl
noun
a subgenre of punk music, originating in the late 1980s and early 1990s in the Pacific Northwest, which centered feminist themes.
riot grrrls
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pluralof riot grrrl.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But for now I’m willing to go along on the strength of its voice, its chaotic energy and its characters’ evolution from riot grrrls to riot women.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
Still, Vail is frustrated that women are still fighting for what riot grrrls wanted in the 90s.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2019
Covering two decades of social change — from riot grrrls to slut walks, from #MeToo to the Black Lives Matter movement, from the 2016 election to the Women’s March — has deepened her understanding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2018
A few miles outside Olympia, Wash., I passed the Sleater-Kinney Road exit and, in my excitement at seeing riot grrrls history, completely forgot the band’s origins.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2018
From adding a string of growling consonants to the petite epithet girl to confronting the connotations of the word slut, riot grrrls pioneered a frenzy of linguistic salvage jobs that remains controversial today.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2012
