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galpal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɡælpæl/

Etymology

From gal + pal, chosen for the rhyme.

Meanings

1. (slang) A female friend or girlfriend.
   • It is there he first sees Lynn Halsey-Taylor, an up-and-coming young country singer played by Eastwood's then-galpal Sondra Locke. 2005, Scott Von Doviak, Hick flicks: the rise and fall of redneck cinema:
   • My kid and her galpals all played this song five hundred thousand times in a row when they first brought it home... 2001, Kim Cooper, David Smay, Bubblegum music is the naked truth:
   • "Drew dumps boyfriend and shacks up with gay galpal." 1992, Outlook, Issues 15-17:

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