"girlcott" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɚl.kɒt/ [General-American], /ˈɡɚ.əlˌkɔt/ [General-American] Forms: girlcotts [plural]
Etymology: Alteration of boycott (as though it came from the word boy). Coined in 1968 by American track athlete Lacey O'Neal during the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, in the context of protests by male African-American athletes. Head templates: {{en-noun}} girlcott (plural girlcotts)
  1. (informal) A boycott led by women. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-girlcott-en-noun-C57wdlhW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɚl.kɒt/ [General-American], /ˈɡɚ.əlˌkɔt/ [General-American] Forms: girlcotts [present, singular, third-person], girlcotting [participle, present], girlcotted [participle, past], girlcotted [past]
Etymology: Alteration of boycott (as though it came from the word boy). Coined in 1968 by American track athlete Lacey O'Neal during the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, in the context of protests by male African-American athletes. Head templates: {{en-verb}} girlcott (third-person singular simple present girlcotts, present participle girlcotting, simple past and past participle girlcotted)
  1. (informal, of women) To boycott. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-girlcott-en-verb-uA8rRcXQ

Inflected forms

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