e-girl
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.03 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A female member of the e-girl/e-boy subculture which emerged in the late 2010s, characterized by emo- and grunge-inspired fashion, and by heavy use of social media platforms (notably TikTok).
noun
A female content creator who is physically attractive and/or dresses in alternative fashion.
Derogatory
Example Sentences
- "Coordinate term: e-boy"
- "Instagram is one main social media platform where e-girls post pictures or videos of themselves showing off their outfits and modeling them."
- "Let the e-girls put hearts on their faces and dye their hair."
- "The popular 2019 #softgirlchallenge, in which teens edited their videos so they appeared to spontaneously transform from grungy e-girl to glimmering soft girl particularly conveys how lightly Gen Z wears its group affiliations."
Etymology
From e- (“electronic”) + girl.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: e