"girlie" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-girlie.ogg [Australia] Forms: girlier [comparative], girliest [superlative]
Etymology: girl + -ie Etymology templates: {{suf|en|girl|ie|id2=diminutive noun}} girl + -ie Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} girlie (comparative girlier, superlative girliest)
  1. (Internet slang, endearing)
    (slang) Of entertainment, involving attractive women or images thereof, usually nude or wearing skimpy clothing.
    Tags: Internet, endearing, slang
    Sense id: en-girlie-en-adj-rjekZM~i Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  2. (slang) Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, sweet; unmasculine. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-girlie-en-adj-TIGXIa4S
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: girly

Noun

Audio: En-au-girlie.ogg [Australia] Forms: girlies [plural]
Etymology: girl + -ie Etymology templates: {{suf|en|girl|ie|id2=diminutive noun}} girl + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} girlie (plural girlies)
  1. (slang) A magazine targeting an adult male audience and containing nude or seminude photographs of women. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Periodicals, Pornography Synonyms (pornographic magazine): dirty magazine, fuck book
    Sense id: en-girlie-en-noun-~EX~aRLh Disambiguation of Periodicals: 30 3 68 0 Disambiguation of Pornography: 3 4 93 0 Disambiguation of 'pornographic magazine': 100 0
  2. (colloquial) A young girl. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-girlie-en-noun-dtT3mC-b
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: girly Derived forms: girlie magazine, girlie mag

Inflected forms

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