noun
General Slang
the girls
· noun · lgbtq
In-group address for fellow queer people, gender no object.
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A warm in-group term for your fellow queer people, whatever their gender. Calling the lads 'the girls' is the joke and the point: it signals chosen family and camp sisterhood, not literal gender. Riffs on the long queer habit of using she/her for everyone.
“The girls are all coming to mine before the club, bring your own glitter.”
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Used to round up a specific crew or scene as a collective. Less 'these women', more 'my people, present and accounted for'.
“How are the girls feeling about this new bar? Verdict pending.”
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the girls In A Sentence
The girls are all coming to mine before the club, bring your own glitter.
How are the girls feeling about this new bar? Verdict pending.
Origin & Usage
Camp and drag tradition of feminising address, threaded through Polari ('she'/'her' for anyone) and ballroom culture. Affectionate, ironic, and a marker that you're inside the circle.
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