girlpop

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compound of girl +‎ pop; compare girlypop.

Noun[edit]

girlpop (uncountable)

  1. Pop music involving female singers, especially that which is marketed to young women.
    • 2002, Lucy O'Brien, She Bop II: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and Soul, London, New York, N.Y.: Continuum, →ISBN, page 465:
      Encouraged by their success, they seemed to believe the monumental hype, that they were indeed the best band in the world, that they had, indeed, invented girlpop.
    • 2012, Pete Brown, Shakespeare's Local: Six Centuries of History Seen Through One Extraordinary Pub, London: Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, page 52:
      Google 'Trigger's Broom', and you'll probably also find a reference to fast-food girlpop band Sugababes on the same page.
    • 2021 January 26, Tess Owen, “Roger Stone Used Oath Keepers as Security on the Eve of the Capitol Riot”, in VICE[1], archived from the original on 2023-02-17:
      On the eve of the riot at the U.S. Capitol, Roger Stone walked out on stage before hundreds of cheering Trump supporters in Washington, D.C., flashed his signature Nixon Victory pose, and then danced to the Deplorable Choir's girlpop anthem "Roger Stone Did Nothing Wrong."

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