galpal
See also: gal pal
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editgal + pal, chosen for the rhyme.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈɡælpæl/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
editgalpal (plural galpals)
- (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
editclose female friend — see girlfriend