e-girl
See also: egirl
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From e- (“electronic”) + girl.[1]
Noun edit
- (Internet slang) A female member of the e-girl/e-boy subculture which emerged in the late 2010s, characterized by emo- and grunge-inspired fashion, and by heavy use of social media platforms (notably TikTok).
- 2019 May 20, Annaliese Olivo, “E-girl fashion develops into lifestyle from online jokes”, in The Eagle's Eye, W. Charles Akins High School, page 21:
- Instagram is one main social media platform where e-girls post pictures or videos of themselves showing off their outfits and modeling them.
- 2019 October, Claire Clements, “Claire's Corner: The VSCO Phenomenon”, in The Sidekick, page 9:
- Let the e-girls put hearts on their faces and dye their hair.
- 2019 December 4, Andrienne Matei, “TikTok's soft girls: could a hyper-cute aesthetic be a symbol of empowerment?”, in The Guardian:
- The popular 2019 #softgirlchallenge, in which teens edited their videos so they appeared to spontaneously transform from grungy e-girl to glimmering soft girl particularly conveys how lightly Gen Z wears its group affiliations.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:e-girl.
Coordinate terms edit
References edit
- ^ Chelsea Ritchel, "E-Girl: What Is The Trend And How Do They Dress?", Independent, 25 November 2019
Further reading edit
E-girls and e-boys on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English e-girl.