girlbossery

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noun

The state or quality of being a girlboss.

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Meanings

noungirlbossery (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being a girlboss.

    In fact, the roots of para-feminist girlbossery run deeper.

    2021, Judy Berman, "What comes after the pop-culture girlboss", Time, 5 July 2021 - 12 July 2021, page 98
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    Girlbossery requires performance, but with that comes discrete behavioural parameters, structures of control that spring up around this newly generated way to be.

    2019 September 16, Kate Reeve, “Don't be a woman, be a #Girlboss”, in The Varsity, The University of Toronto, pages 10–11

    Andy works her way to girlbossery as well, pushing away her friends and boyfriend in the process.

    2021, Sophia Mathews, "An Exploration of the Girl Boss Movie", Slope Magazine, Spring 2021, page 22

Origin

From girlboss + -ery.

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APA

girlbossery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girlbossery

MLA

“girlbossery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girlbossery. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “girlbossery,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girlbossery.

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