"girlie" meaning in English

See girlie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-au-girlie.ogg Forms: girlier [comparative], girliest [superlative]
Etymology: From girl + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|girl|ie|id2=diminutive}} girl + -ie Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} girlie (comparative girlier, superlative girliest)
  1. (slang) Of entertainment, involving attractive women or images thereof, usually nude or wearing skimpy clothing. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-girlie-en-adj-rjekZM~i Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 27 16 0 28
  2. (slang) Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, sweet; unmasculine. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-girlie-en-adj-TIGXIa4S Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 27 16 0 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: girly

Noun

Audio: En-au-girlie.ogg Forms: girlies [plural]
Etymology: From girl + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|girl|ie|id2=diminutive}} 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: 25 6 48 0 21 Disambiguation of Pornography: 5 4 89 0 2 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 27 16 0 28 Disambiguation of 'pornographic magazine': 100 0 0
  2. (colloquial) A young girl. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-girlie-en-noun-dtT3mC-b
  3. (Internet slang, endearing) A woman or person with feminine traits Tags: Internet, endearing
    Sense id: en-girlie-en-noun-IYfm53XA Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie (diminutive), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 19 1 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie (diminutive): 19 22 19 1 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 27 16 0 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 21 0 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: girly Derived forms: girlie magazine, girlie mag

Inflected forms

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