girlypop

English

Alternative forms

• girliepop

Etymology

Compound of girly +‎ pop (compare girlpop). The origin of the slang senses is uncertain, but the term was popularized in 2023 on TikTok.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡɚlipɑp/

Noun

girlypop (countable and uncountable, plural girlypops)

1. (uncountable, sometimes derogatory) Pop music involving female singers, seen as being especially feminine or girly.
   • 2001, Kim Cooper, David Smay, Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth: The Dark History of Prepubescent Pop, from the Banana Splits to Britney Spears, Los Angeles, C.A.: Feral House, →ISBN, page 171:

     Something about those soft-yet-snappy Dutch accents that is just perfect for melodic girlypop.

   • 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:

     Amid the Spice Girl circus, new female artists who didn’t want to play corporate girlypop were sidelined.

   • 2011, “Lady Garden”, in Front Magazine, number 156, page 56:

     Karis is one-third of new girlypop trio StooShe, whose first single is called Fuck Me.

2. (countable, Internet slang, humorous, usually endearing) A female friend; a girlie (also used as a term of address).

   Coordinate terms: broski, brodie (male equivalents)

   Girlypop, I haven't seen you in so long!

   • 2020 October 15, @alexisscarrasco, Twitter‎^[1]:

     woke up so sad for no reason until the girlypops texted. turns out we're all having an off day and now it's a girls day <333

   • 2023 April 15, u/fluffpuffie, “yep...”, in Reddit‎^[2], r/adhdmeme:

     "My intrusive thoughts won and I dyed my hair 🤠" girlypop if I acted on my intrusive thoughts I would be in prison

   • 2023 April 30, u/DifferentConcert6776, “Except you've already gotten lazy with it.”, in Reddit‎^[3], r/brittanydawnsnark:

     "Not another social media platform that I have to keep up with" ...uh, girlypop? Nobody is forcing you to download and interact with it, you're not being held against your will to participate! 🙄

   • 2024 January 29, u/thefuzzyismine, “My mom keeps commenting on my weight”, in Reddit‎^[4], r/breastfeeding:

     You've got this, girlypop! We're rooting for you! 🫶

Adjective

girlypop (comparative more girlypop, superlative most girlypop)

1. (Internet slang) Flamboyantly feminine.

   Synonym: zesty (of a man)

   • 2022 August 20, u/Resaresaresa, “Transform of random townie..”, in Reddit‎^[5], r/thesims:

     But he was girlypop

   • 2023 February 16, u/twentyhouse20, “Jaclyn Hill and Taylor Lautner??? (from T. Lautner's IG Story screen capped ~4:10 EST)”, in Reddit‎^[6], r/BeautyGuruChatter:

     He's so girlypop

   • 2023 May 10, u/___von, “aespa - Spicy (Studio CHOOM - BE ORIGINAL)”, in Reddit‎^[7], r/kpop:

     I LOVE THIS CHOREO IT'S SO GIRLYPOP

   • 2023 May 10, “230510 Cha Woongki has opened a personal Instagram account”, in Reddit‎^[8], r/BoysPlanet:

     When TO1 returned, the three most girlypop members of the group had been abruptly replaced by new guys with a noticeably more masculine image :/

See also

• serve cunt
• womana