pick-me girl en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From the phrase pick me + girl, the implication being that such women, like someone pleading "pick me!", are desperate to be chosen over their putative competition.
Meanings
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(derogatory) A woman who asserts that she is unlike (and sometimes better than) most other women, in order to gain attention, approval, or validation from men.
Coordinate term: pick-me boy
She kept changing her mind about which pick-me girl it would be from the Popular Group who would get to share her tent.
2020, Suzanne Daniel, A Girl in Three Parts, Knopf Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 55:I have been called a handmaiden, a “pick me” girl, and been accused of vying for male attention.
2022 February 4, Marie Le Conte, “Feminism has been reduced to the transgender debate”, in The New Statesman:Perhaps that's why Daniel saw her past the rest of the “pick me” girls.
2013, Stephen Hayes, Rock Haulter, eBookIt.com, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pick-me girls | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| pick me girl | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
NLOG · pickmeisha · pick-me