cybergirl

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noun

A girl who is active in cyberspace; a young female Internet user, especially one who publishes.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nouncybergirl (plural cybergirls)

plural cybergirls

  1. datedA girl who is active in cyberspace; a young female Internet user, especially one who publishes.

    Cybergirls intersect with riot grrls as a mode of do-it-yourself girl expression […]

    2002, Catherine Driscoll, Girls: Feminine Adolescence in Popular Culture and Cultural Theory
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    I leaned over her shoulder to see two cybergirls yanking out each other's hair. Katy was typing insults that appeared onscreen.

    2006, Gail Giles, Playing in Traffic

    For a cinematic critique that considers the social impact of the cybergirl cultural phenomenon, see Andrew Niccols' cautionary tale […]

    2006, Sidney Eve Matrix, Cyberpop: digital lifestyles and commodity culture

    Thomas's analysis of adolescent cybergirls' representation of self within the online world of "the palace," links talk, image, and identity […]

    2007, Nadine Dolby, Fazal Rizvi, Youth moves: identities and education in global perspective

    Explanations for the gender imbalance are nearly as wide-ranging as cybergirls themselves.

    2008 February 21, Stephanie Rosenbloom, “Sorry, Boys, This Is Our Domain”, in New York Times

Origin

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APA

cybergirl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybergirl

MLA

“cybergirl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybergirl. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cybergirl,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybergirl.

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