galpal

See also: gal pal

English

Alternative forms

• gal pal

Etymology

gal +‎ pal, chosen for the rhyme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡælpæl/

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Noun

galpal (plural galpals)

1. (slang) A female friend or girlfriend.
   • 1992, Outlook, Issues 15-17:

     "Drew dumps boyfriend and shacks up with gay galpal."

   • 2001, Kim Cooper, David Smay, Bubblegum music is the naked truth:

     My kid and her galpals all played this song five hundred thousand times in a row when they first brought it home...

   • 2005, Scott Von Doviak, Hick flicks: the rise and fall of redneck cinema:

     It is there he first sees Lynn Halsey-Taylor, an up-and-coming young country singer played by Eastwood's then-galpal Sondra Locke.

Translations

close female friend — see girlfriend

Anagrams

• plagal