girl dinner en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Reportedly coined by TikTok influencer Olivia Maher in a 2023 video.
Meanings
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(Internet, countable, neologism, uncountable) A simple, low-effort meal prepared without cooking from various tapas-like food items (cheese, olives, etc.) and leftovers, intended to be consumed by one person from a single plate.
Want to inject some chutzpah into your “girl dinner” for one or maybe you’re entertaining some like-minded fun-loving friends? Laetitia Rouget’s tableware features tongue-in-cheek statements like “Dodgy Business” or “Mussels from Brussels.”
2024 August 23, Mary Cate Smith, “Wish List: Eight amazing picks for our home interiors”, in Irish Examiner:Though based on my thorough sampling of the trend, cold pork pies are tragically absent from girl dinner plates.[…]"
2023 July 10, Alyx Gorman, Yvonne C Lam, “Explain it to me quickly: What is a TikTok ‘girl dinner’ and should I eat one tonight?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2023, retrieved 10 Jul 2023:According to TikTok, where the trend has more than 30 million views, girl dinner is akin to an aesthetically pleasing Lunchable: an artfully arranged pile of snacks that, when consumed in high enough volume, constitutes a meal.[…]” […] Typical girl dinners may include some kind of fruit, a block of cheddar, sliced salami, a sleeve of fancy crackers and a dish of olives.
2023 July 8, Jessica Roy, “Is It a Meal? A Snack? No, It's 'Girl Dinner.'”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2023, retrieved 10 Jul 2023:“Girl dinner can look like many things,” [Olivia Maher] says, depending on what your needs are and what you had earlier in the day, “But what matters is the feeling it evokes."[…]"
2023 July 7, Heather Martin, “What is ‘girl dinner’? New TikTok trend is courting controversy”, in Today, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2023, retrieved 10 Jul 2023:TikTok dwellers will recognise picky plates as an update on last year’s “girl dinner”, another social media trend denoting what is, politely, a random assortment of snacks (to which “dregs from the salad drawer” would also apply).
2024 August 21, Charlotte Lytton, “Picking at your food like that is ruining dinner for everyone”, in The Independent, London, page 19:
Forms
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| girl dinners | Number=Plur | lexicographic |