Meanings
plural girlypops · alternative girliepop · alternative girly pop
- derogatorysometimesuncountablePop music involving female singers, seen as being especially feminine or girly.
Karis is one-third of new girlypop trio StooShe, whose first single is called Fuck Me.
2011, “Lady Garden”, in Front Magazine, number 156, page 562 more examples
Something about those soft-yet-snappy Dutch accents that is just perfect for melodic girlypop.
2001, Kim Cooper, David Smay, Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth: The Dark History of Prepubescent Pop, from the Banana Splits to Britney Spears, Los Angeles, C.A.: Feral House, →ISBN, page 171Amid the Spice Girl circus, new female artists who didn’t want to play corporate girlypop were sidelined.
2002, Lucy O'Brien, She Bop II: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and Soul, London; New York, N.Y.: Continuum, →ISBN, page 465 - InternetcountableendearinghumoroususuallyA female friend; a girlie (also used as a term of address).
Girlypop, I haven't seen you in so long!
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woke up so sad for no reason until the girlypops texted. turns out we're all having an off day and now it's a girls day <333
2020 October 15, @alexisscarrasco, Twitter"My intrusive thoughts won and I dyed my hair 🤠" girlypop if I acted on my intrusive thoughts I would be in prison
2023 April 15, u/fluffpuffie, “yep...”, in Reddit, r/adhdmeme"Not another social media platform that I have to keep up with" ...uh, girlypop? Nobody is forcing you to download and interact with it, you're not being held against your will to participate! 🙄
2023 April 30, u/DifferentConcert6776, “Except you've already gotten lazy with it.”, in Reddit, r/brittanydawnsnarkYou've got this, girlypop! We're rooting for you! 🫶
2024 January 29, u/thefuzzyismine, “My mom keeps commenting on my weight”, in Reddit, r/breastfeeding
comparative more girlypop · superlative most girlypop · alternative girliepop · alternative girly pop
- InternetFlamboyantly feminine.
He's so girlypop
2023 February 16, u/twentyhouse20, “Jaclyn Hill and Taylor Lautner??? (from T. Lautner's IG Story screen capped ~4:10 EST)”, in Reddit, r/BeautyGuruChatter3 more examples
But he was girlypop
2022 August 20, u/Resaresaresa, “Transform of random townie..”, in Reddit, r/thesimsI LOVE THIS CHOREO IT'S SO GIRLYPOP
2023 May 10, u/___von, “aespa - Spicy (Studio CHOOM - BE ORIGINAL)”, in Reddit, r/kpopWhen TO1 returned, the three most girlypop members of the group had been abruptly replaced by new guys with a noticeably more masculine image :/
2023 May 10, “230510 Cha Woongki has opened a personal Instagram account”, in Reddit, r/BoysPlanetSynonyms: zesty
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFlamboyantly feminine.
Origin
Compound of girly + pop (compare girlpop). The origin of the slang senses is uncertain, but the term was popularized in 2023 on TikTok.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
girlypop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girlypop
“girlypop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girlypop. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “girlypop,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girlypop.
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