kinderwhore

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noun

A feminine fashion aesthetic that emerged with grunge rock in the early 1990s, contrasting the childlike quality of baby-doll dresses, Peter Pan collars, etc. with heavy (and possibly smudged) make-up characteristic of adult decadence.

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Meanings

nounkinderwhore (countable and uncountable, plural kinderwhores)

plural kinderwhores

  1. uncountablefashionA feminine fashion aesthetic that emerged with grunge rock in the early 1990s, contrasting the childlike quality of baby-doll dresses, Peter Pan collars, etc. with heavy (and possibly smudged) make-up characteristic of adult decadence.

    It allows for baby-doll dresses and kinderwhore fashions, for chunky high-heeled Mary Janes from Prada and solid-silver pacifier pendants […]

    1998, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women
    1. countableoffensivepossiblyfashionA follower of this style.

      In much the same way as that in which Punk disrupted conventional notions of female beauty the 'kinderwhore' disrupts traditional or ideological versions […]

      2002, Malcolm Barnard, Fashion as Communication

Origin

Blend of kindergarten + whore.

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

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

Chicago

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

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