supergirl

plural supergirls

1. informalA girl who is particularly successful, talented, or otherwise remarkable.

   […] emphasis on perfection, resulting in mounting pressure on girls to be supergirls.

   2008, Pier Cesare Rivoltella, Digital Literacy

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   "A soda," Toria suggested. "Could I also have quarters for the video game?" Anya countered. "Okay, okay, but only if it's all right with your dad." Anya jumped up and down, tugging on Toria with supergirl strength. Nick put his hands on his hips.

   1996, Vivian Leiber, Marrying Nicky, Harlequin, →ISBN

   […] garrulous skull paperweight wresting the spotlight away from Ruby-Spears' flying cars, supergirls and sasquatches.

   1998, Hal Erickson, Sid and Marty Krofft

   And it ignores the privilege that helps only certain girls become supergirls and makes them suffer when they come close to achieving this status […]

   2002, Sharon Lamb, The Secret Lives of Girls

   An average Chinese girl, with talent in singing, dancing, or acting, can be elected a supergirl by TV media outlets.

   2006, George Zhibin Gu, William Ratliff, China and the new world order

   You may be a supergirl on the go, but that doesn't mean you can't figure out ways to maximize your morning minutes with some simple nutrition.

   2007, Esther Blum, Karen Salmansohn, Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous

plural Supergirls

1. countableuncountableA fictional comic-book superheroine with superhuman strength and speed, x-ray vision, and the ability to fly.First known use 1959.

   “I was as bug-eyed as a frog, seeing everything like it as in slow-motion in a movie. Not every day some kook points a gun at me. I'm really glad you've got that Supergirl speed.”

   2012, Trish Milburn, White Witch, Bell Bridge Books, page 73, referring to someone with magical powers

   3 more examples

   With Supergirl strength, I stacked an enormous chest against it. It wouldn't stop visitors from strolling in. But it might slow them up some. My candle winked out as I fell back on my bed.

   2001, Lynne Kositsky, A Question of Will, Roussan Pub Incorporated, →ISBN

   "Well, you may be fooling yourself and your aid and a lot of the voters and the Tribune and everybody else, but you're not fooling me!" Sue grabbed the in-flight magazine and glared at it, like Supergirl using her x-ray vision. Hot tears flowed […]

   2006, Randy C. Alcorn, Deadline, Multnomah Books, →ISBN, page 250

   Obviously and most certainly, Carmen did not see the actions she described while listening outside with her ear glued to Marilyn's door, not unless she had both eyes on one side of her head like a Flounder or an alien and she enjoyed x-ray vision like Supergirl.

   2019, Donald R. McGovern, Murder Orthodoxies: A Non-Conspiracist's View of Marilyn Monroe's Death, →ISBN, page 129

   Synonyms: SG