Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pick-me girl

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.89 in modern English

Syllables: pick--me -girl
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"Coordinate term: pick-me boy"
"Perhaps that's why Daniel saw her past the rest of the “pick me” girls."
"She kept changing her mind about which pick-me girl it would be from the Popular Group who would get to share her tent."
"I have been called a handmaiden, a “pick me” girl, and been accused of vying for male attention."

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.

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

pick-me girls (plural) pick me girl (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Karen simp

Synonyms

NLOG pick-me pickmeisha

Questions

What does pick-me girl mean?: 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.
Where does pick-me girl come from?: 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.

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