girlfriending

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noun

The act of being a girlfriend.

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Meanings

noungirlfriending (uncountable)
  1. humorousinformaloftenuncommonuncountableThe act of being a girlfriend.

    Lark praises Courtney's mothering skills, but grades her low on her girlfriending skills.

    1999 November 1, MTCzajka, “PC: Monday Update 11/1”, in rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025
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    But this toxic parenting and toxic wifing and girlfriending is responsible for so many bad children, bad marriages and bad dogs that I don't have time to explain it all.

    2002 June 29, michael, “housebreaking in a multi level home”, in rec.pets.dogs.behavior (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025

    I’ll have to brighten myself up for Lyra, lest she pull some bullshit psychoanalytic routine disguised as benevolent girlfriending, just for the purpose of fucking with my head.

    2015, John Forelli, chapter 16, in One Woman Two Towers, →ISBN, page 73
  2. humorousinformaloftenrareuncountableThe act of having a girlfriend.

    Watch out, there, Jeremy! You are starting to show enough knowledge of the ways of girlfriending to get your ARK card taken away.

    2006 January 5, Paula, “Re: CIV IV fun”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025
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    The Hitlerjugend was almost prudishly puritan. Boozing, smoking, visiting brothels and even serious ‘girlfriending’ were officially denied, while major emphasis was put on sport and fitness.

    1998, Ken Tout, “The Opponent’s Corner”, in A Nine Night for Tanks: The Road to Falaise, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, →ISBN, pages 125–126

    “Someone needs a lesson in girlfriending,” he said to his parents. […] “Girlfriending? Never thought I’d see the day.” His father draped an equally as possessive arm around his wife and kissed her cheek. “You were right, doll face.”

    2016, Melissa Foster, chapter 13, in Rescued by Love (Love in Bloom: The Ryders), World Literary Press, →ISBN, page 155
verb
  1. gerundhumorousinformaloftenparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of girlfriend

Origin

From girlfriend + -ing.

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APA

girlfriending. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girlfriending

MLA

“girlfriending.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girlfriending. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “girlfriending,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girlfriending.

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