girlypop

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US/ˈɡɝliˌpɑp/

noun

Pop music involving female singers, seen as being especially feminine or girly.

“Girlypop, I haven't seen you in so long!”

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Meanings

noungirlypop (countable and uncountable, plural girlypops)

plural girlypops · alternative girliepop · alternative girly pop

  1. 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 56
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    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 171

    Amid 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
  2. 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/brittanydawnsnark

    You'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
adjectivegirlypop (comparative more girlypop, superlative most girlypop)

comparative more girlypop · superlative most girlypop · alternative girliepop · alternative girly pop

  1. 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/BeautyGuruChatter
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    But he was girlypop

    2022 August 20, u/Resaresaresa, “Transform of random townie..”, in Reddit, r/thesims

    I LOVE THIS CHOREO IT'S SO GIRLYPOP

    2023 May 10, u/___von, “aespa - Spicy (Studio CHOOM - BE ORIGINAL)”, in Reddit, r/kpop

    When 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/BoysPlanet

    Synonyms: zesty

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveFlamboyantly feminine.

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Origin

Compound of girly + pop (compare girlpop). The origin of the slang senses is uncertain, but the term was popularized in 2023 on TikTok.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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