GIRL, GIRLHOOD, GIRLISH
ADJECTIVES
1786 — CHICKEN-PECKED under the rule of a girl; governed by a child → humorous usage
1894 — LASSIE-LIKE girlish, effeminate → Sc.
1947 — DAME-DAZED girl-crazy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — DIMPLE-DIZZY girl-crazy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — DOLL-DIZZY girl-crazy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — LACY girlish; effeminate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — SKIRT-NERTS girl-crazy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — SKIRTY-FLIRTY girl-crazy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — WITCH-WACKY girl-crazy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1969 — GRODY overly concerned with girls → US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1853 — LASSIE DAYS the days of girlhood → Sc.
1857 — LASSIEHOOD girlhood → chiefly Sc.
1866 — NEST OF HENS a number of little girls → Eng. dial.
1942 — BOYOLOGY the art of attracting boys → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — DAME COMPLEX fondness for girls → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — FLAPPERITIS fondness for girls → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — HIGH BLONDE PRESSURE fondness for girls → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1967 — BEAVER PATROL girl watching → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1991 — PARTHENOPHOBIA an extreme aversion to young girls (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
1290 — WENCH a girl, a small child of the female sex
1330 — MAIDENKIN a little maid → obs.
1382 — DAUGHTER a girl, maiden, young woman (no express reference to relationship) → obs.
1400 — BIRD a maiden, a girl
1400 — GIRL a female child
1430 — JUVENCLE a young woman, a girl → obs.
1430 — PUCELLE a girl, a maiden, a virgin → obs.
1440 — MAIDKIN a little maid → obs.
1466 — MOP a term of endearment for a girl or young woman → obs.
1470 — KITTOCK a familiar or disrespectful term for a girl or young woman; esp. a woman of loose character → Sc.
1470 — QUEAN a young woman, a girl, a lass, usually denoting one of a healthy and robust appearance → Sc.
1520 — DEMOISELLE a young lady, a maid, a girl
1565 — MOPS — MOPSE a young girl; a darling; often as a term of endearment → obs.
1567 — MORT a girl, a woman → arch., orig. cant
1570 — SQUALL a girl, a minx; a term of endearment, and of abuse or reproach → obs.
1582 — MOPSEY — MOPSY a young girl; a pretty child; a darling, a sweetheart; often as a term of endearment → obs.
1582 — TIB a girl or lass; a sweetheart → obs.
1587 — PRILL a girl, a lass → obs.
1589 — YOUNG FROW — YUFFROUW — YUNGFRAU a young lady, a girl
1598 — MUSS a girl or young woman; chiefly used as a term of endearment or an affectionate form of address → obs.
1599 — TIT a girl or young woman
1601 — MOPPET a baby; a young child, esp. a girl; a darling, a favourite, a pet; often as a term of endearment
1602 — PUSS a girl or woman, esp. one who exhibits characteristics like those of a cat, as spitefulness, slyness, attractiveness, playfulness, etc.; orig. used as a term of contempt; later also used as a term of endearment
1603 — MAGGIE a young woman or girl → Sc.
1604 — MOLL orig., a girl or woman; one’s wife or sweetheart ; a tough or rowdy young woman
1604 — PERIWINKLE a girl or woman; a term of affection → obs.
1616 — FILLY a girl, a wanton
1648 — MOGGIE — MOGGY originally: a girl, a young woman; later, an untidily dressed woman; a slattern → orig. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1670 — ZITELLA a girl, a young woman, a maiden → obs.
1676 — MISSEE — MISSIE — MISSY a young girl, esp. as characterized by servants
1685 — HISSIE — HISSY — HIZZIE — HIZZY a housewife; a woman of any age, but generally applied to a young girl, a lass, a wench → Sc.
1691 — MAWTHER a girl just growing into womanhood, esp. a great, rough, awkward wench; a little girl; an unmarried woman → Eng. dial.
1698 — DAME a woman; a girl; often used disparagingly; now suggesting a tough or old-fashioned viewpoint
..18C — LARKIN a girl → sl.
..E18 — PUG a girl, a woman → sl.
..E18 — PUG NANCY a girl, a woman → sl.
1701 — WHITING-MOP a fair lass, a pretty girl; a term of endearment for a girl → obs.
1703 — QUEAN — QUEEN — QUENE — QUINE — WEAN a term of endearment for a little girl → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1703 — QUEANIE a woman; a damsel; a term of endearment for a little girl → Sc.
1706 — MOLLEY — MOLLY a girl, a woman, esp. a lower-class one; a prostitute → now chiefly Irish English
1720 — GILPEY — GILPIE — GILPY a young girl, esp. a lively, mischievous, bold, saucy, or forward one; a tomboy → Sc. & Irish English, sometimes derogatory
1725 — LASSIE — LASSY a little lass, a girl → chiefly Sc.
1725 — TITTIE — TITTY a sister; a young woman or girl → Sc.
1755 — GILLET a giddy or flighty young woman; a jilt; sometimes a familiar or contemptuous term for a girl or young woman, a wench → Sc.
1765 — MOLLISHER a girl, a woman; esp. a prostitute; later, the girlfriend of a thief or criminal → sl.
1765 — MONISHER — MONNISHER a girl, a woman; esp. a prostitute; later, also, the girlfriend of a thief or criminal → sl.
1768 — LADDESS a girl, a lass
1772 — OYSTER a girl, a young woman → sl.
1786 — GIRLIE — GIRLY a young woman, a girl; in earlier use, a little girl; also, a term of endearment
1789 — DAMIE a young unmarried woman; a girl → Sc.
1790 — DAM a young unmarried woman, a girl; a damsel → Sc.
1794 — CALLAN — CALLAND — CALLANT a girl → Sc.
..L18 — DIDDY a girl or a woman → sl.
1801 — THING a term of endearment for a child or girl → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1810 — ARTICLE a girl, a woman → sl.
1815 — MISSIKIN a little ‘miss’, a little girl or young lady → obs.
1816 — LASSOCK a little girl → Sc.
1818 — QUEAN-LASSIE a young girl → Sc.
1822 — GIPSEY a young girl; a term of reproach; a giddy, thoughtless girl → Sc. (Bk.)
1824 — GAL a girl, esp. a girlfriend → sl.
1825 — LASS-WEAN a female child, a girl → Sc.
1829 — CRAFT a woman, a girl → sl.
1830 — MOR — MORE a female; a young girl, a woman → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1831 — MAIDLING a little maid
1832 — QUEANIE a female child, a girl up to the end of her schooldays → Sc.
1832 — QUINE — QUINIE a female child, a girl up to the end of her schooldays → Sc.
1833 — GIRLEEN a young girl → Anglo-Irish
1835 — HEFFA — HEFFER — HEIFER a female; a woman, a girl; a pretty or personable young woman → sl.
1836 — GIRSHA a very young girl; a little girl → Ireland
1839 — BABY a girl or young woman → sl., chiefly US
1839 — SHEILA — SHALER a girl or young woman → Aust. & US colloq.
1848 — CALICO a woman or girl; women considered as sexual objects → US colloq.
.M19 — POLONE a girl or woman → theatrical sl.
1852 — MODDER a girl or young wench; an awkward rustic girl → obs. exc. Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1855 — BINT a girl, a (young) woman; a girlfriend; a woman regarded as a sex object → colloq., mainly derogatory
1855 — TARNE a girl, or wench → obs. (Bk.)
1856 — FAIRY a woman or girl → Amer. sl.
1857 — GEL — GELL a girl, a young woman
1859 — QUAIL a young woman or girl → US sl.
1860 — CHAP a young woman; a girl → Amer. dial.
1862 — CANARY a young woman or girl; esp. a female vocalist; a songster → US
1864 — LASSIKIE — LASSOCKIE a young girl or woman; a little girl → Sc.
1864 — TART a girl or woman; someone’s girlfriend or wife; not used in any derogatory sense → sl.
1867 — SNICKET a pert, saucy, forward girl; a term of reproach for a little girl; a naughty child; a dirty, careless, impudent woman → Eng. dial.
1867 — THUCKEEN a pet name for a young girl → Ireland
1868 — FAL a girl, a young woman → rhyming sl. for ‘gal’
1869 — GLINKEEN a depreciatory term used of a girl → Ireland
1876 — BIRDIE a maiden, a girl; a young woman; a girlfriend, a mistress
1876 — DAISY an attractive young woman; a young girl → US sl.
1880 — GIRLIE-GIRL — GIRLY-GIRL a woman or girl regarded as particularly feminine or girlish 880
1880 — MAIDIE a little maid; a young girl; also a term of address → Eng. dial.
1882 — BART a girl; a woman→ Aust. sl. obs.
1882 — BARTY a girl; a woman→ Aust. sl. obs.
1882 — MAWKIN a half-grown girl; one engaged to do light housework → Sc.
1886 — TASSEL a mild term of reproach for a girl → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1888 — BACKFISCH a girl of about 16 or 17; a girl in late adolescence, a teenager
1888 — GIRLIE-GIRLIE — GIRLY-GIRLY a girl, a little girl; a woman with a girlish outlook or having girlish or feminine qualities
1888 — MOTHER a young girl → obs. (Bk.)
1888 — TID a girl or woman
1890 — BIT OF CRACKLING a girl; young women generally → sl.
1890 — CHIPPY a young woman, a girl → Amer. sl., now esp. African-American
1892 — CHIP a girl or young woman → Amer. sl.
1892 — COW-CHILO a girl → Chinese Pidgin (Bk.)
1893 — FLAPPER a little girl → sl. (Bk.)
1895 — BIRDEEN a young bird; also, a young girl; used as a playful form of address
1895 — BIT OF A GIRL a young girl → sl.
1895 — DINGBAT a term of admiration for a girl → Amer. dial.
1898 — CALLACK a young girl → Sc. (Bk.)
1899 — CHICK a woman or girl → sl., orig. US
1900 — DAMACK a girl, a young woman → Sc. (Bk.)
1900 — DAMACKIE a girl, a young woman → Sc. (Bk.)
1900 — DICKY-MIDE a dear girl → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — LITTLE SILLY a girl; a pretty girl → Aust. sl.
1900 — MOTSY a girl, a sweetheart → Aust. sl.
1900 — RABBIT a young girl → Aust. sl.
..20C — CHARLEY WHEELER a girl or woman; one’s girlfriend → Aust. rhyming sl. on ‘Sheila’
..20C — CRACK any young woman or any girl → US sl.
..20C — FORBIDDEN FRUIT a young girl; a virgin → US sl.
..20C — IVORY PEARL a girl → rhyming sl.
..20C — TWIRL a woman; a girl → US rhyming sl.
..E20 — FLOSSIE a girl, a young woman, a woman → sl.
..E20 — SAILOR’S BAIT a prostitute; any girl or woman → US sl.
1901 — LASSIE-WEAN — a girl-child → Sc.
1901 — MOUSE a small, very feminine girl who invites being cuddled → sl.
1902 — FLOOSEY — FLOOSIE — FLOOSY — FLOOZIE — FLUZIE — FLUZY a girl, a young woman, a woman → sl.
1902 — PUSHER a girl or young woman → sl., chiefly Services’ sl.
1903 — TANNIKIN a girl or woman → (Bk.)
1904 — SCARGIVENET a girl from twelve to fourteen years of age; a half-grown woman → Sc. sl. (Bk.)
1904 — SKIRGIFFIN a girl from twelve to fourteen years of age; a half-grown woman → Sc. sl. (Bk.)
1905 — MICHAEL a girl → Sc. & Ireland (Bk.)
1905 — MO a woman; a young girl → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MOT a small girl → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — OCEAN LINER a girl, a girlfriend → Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘cliner’
1906 — JANE a girl or woman → sl., chiefly US
1910 — BAT a girl or young woman, esp. an unattractive or ugly girl; not necessarily uncomplimentary → Amer. students’ sl.
1910 — GAHERLA a little girl → Ireland (Bk.)
1913 — BUNCH OF RAGS a girl → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — MINX a contemptuous name for a woman or girl → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — NIMSHY a human being; a girl, a young girl → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — TOMMY a girl → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1915 — BABE a girl, a girlfriend, a young woman, esp. if attractive → colloq.
1915 — JELLY BEAN a girl → Amer. World War I sl.
1916 — GELDIN a girl → Sc.
1916 — RACLAN a girl → gypsy (Bk.)
1918 — BUFF a girl → Amer. dial.
1919 — CHICKIE — CHICKY a young girl or woman→ US teen sl., orig. Aust.
1920 — GIRLKIN a little girl, a term of endearment → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1920 — SARDINE a girl → US students’ sl.
1920 — WREN a young woman or girl → US sl.
1925 — BIM any girl or woman, esp. one’s girlfriend → Amer. sl.
1925 — OLD CROW a girl or woman, esp. one who is old or ugly → sl., derogatory
1927 — OCEAN PEARL a girl, a girlfriend → rhyming sl.
1929 — HANK OF HAIR a girl or woman; a promiscuous woman → US sl.
1933 — BEETLE to Alaska soldiers: a girl → services’ sl.
1933 — FRILL a girl, a woman → sl.
1933 — HEAD a young woman or girl; usually used with an adjective, as in ‘a wise head’ → Amer. sl.
1933 — SORT a girl or young woman; a girlfriend → sl., orig. Aust.
1933 — YOUNG PERSON a girl from fifteen to a marriage in her twenties → society usage (Bk.)
1934 — BREIGH a girl → students’ sl. (Bk.)
1934 — POT a girl or young woman→ students’ sl. (Bk.)
1934 — RIB a girl → students’ sl. (Bk.)
1934 — SHEBA a girl → students’ sl. (Bk.)
1935 — SPLIT a girl, a woman → US
1938 — CROW a girl or woman, esp. one who is old or ugly → sl., derogatory
1938 — CUDDLE AND KISS a girl, a girlfriend → UK rhyming sl. for ‘miss’
1938 — PALONEY — POLLONEY — POLONEY a girl, a usually young woman → UK sl.
1939 — BIT OF FLUFF a girl or young woman → Amer. sl.
1940 — CABBAGE a girl, a young woman → sl.
1940 — GRUESOME TWOSOME two young girls who are inseparable → sl.
1940 — SKINNY a girl or a woman → Aust. sl.
1942 — CHIQUITA a girl or young woman → Amer. sl. (Spanish)
1942 — DRAPE a girl → US sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SPOOK a girl → US sl. (Bk.)
1944 — BANTAM a young girl, a slender young woman → African-American sl.
1944 — BANTER a young girl, a slender or pretty young woman → African-American sl.
1944 — BIDDIE BABY a small girl, a small woman → African-American sl.
1944 — YOUNG BANTAM a very young girl → African-American sl.
1945 — GADGET a girl or young woman → World War II Amer. Armed Forces sl.
1945 — HEIFER DUST a girl, a young woman → Aust. sl.
1949 — MOTHER OF PEARL a girl → UK rhyming sl.
1950 — MABEL a girl → US sl.
1950 — MUFFIN a girl, a sweetheart → US sl.
.M20 — CHARLIE a girl, a young woman → Aust. sl.
.M20 — LINE a young girl or woman → Aust. sl.
.M20 — SNAKE a girl, esp. an ugly girl or a promiscuous girl → US sl.
.M20 — TUNA a girl or young woman; a sexually attractive woman → US sl.
1958 — MYSTERY a young girl → sl.
1960 — HEAVY a girl → Aust. teen surfing sl.
1960 — PALL MALL a girl, a woman → Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘gal’
1962 — BITTY a girl → US sl.
1966 — BRODIE a girl → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1966 — HAINT a girl → US students’ sl., not necessarily derogatory (Bk.)
1967 — GASH a girl → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1968 — PEEP a young girl or woman; not necessarily uncomplimentary → Amer. dial.
1968 — PEEPIE a young girl or woman; not necessarily uncomplimentary → Amer. dial.
1969 — BOGEY a girl → US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
1969 — BROAD BOD a girl → US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
1969 — CHEESE a girl → US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
1969 — HAMMER a girl; a beautiful girl; a woman → African-American sl.
1969 — MUFF a girl → US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 — CLEVVIES a woman, a girl → African-American sl.
1970 — CROPS girls → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 — LEG a girl → US sl. (Bk.)
1970 — PELT a girl → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1971 — SNAPPER a girl or young woman → US sl.
1972 — BABAI a girl or woman → Amer. dial.
1972 — HIDE a girl → Amer. dial.
1972 — SIDE a girl → US sl.
1974 — MOOSE a girl → Amer. sl.
1975 — GINCH a girl or woman → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1975 — SOFT LEGS a girl or woman → African-American sl. (Bk.)
1975 — WUZZY a girl → Amer. teen sl. (Bk.)
1978 — DIXIE CUP a Southern girl → US jocular usage
1978 — KAKA a girl → Aust. juvenile sl.
1980 — SHIRLEY TEMPLE a young girl → sl.
1981 — BIT a girl → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
1981 — BRUSH a girl → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
1982 — BETOOLA — BETULA a girl or young man → Jewish (Bk.)
1982 — MOID a girl → Jewish (Bk.)
1984 — DUDETTE a girl or woman → US jocular usage
1988 — HARDBELLY a teenage girl or young woman → US Biker usage
1990 — MANTO women, girls → rhyming sl. for ‘fanny’ (Mantovani)
1990 — MANTOVANI women, girls → rhyming sl. for ‘fanny’
1990 — ZIMMER a girl → African-American teen sl.
1993 — DOUCHE-BAG an ugly girl or woman → sl. (Bk.)
1994 — GYAL a girl; girls → sl.
1999 — BAROSSA (PEARL) a girl, a woman → Aust. rhyming sl.
2000 — BATH a girl → UK sl.
2000 — BEANIE a girl → UK sl.
2000 — BINTA — BINTER a girl; a young woman → UK sl., mainly derogatory
2000 — BINTY a girl, a young woman → UK sl.
2000 — GERSHA a young girl → Irish sl.
2000 — GUYESS a woman or girl → sl.
2000 — RAKLI a girl, a woman → UK gypsy
2003 — GERTOSS a girl; a young woman → NZ teen sl.
2003 — SKEET a girl → UK sl.
2003 — YATTIE — YATTY a girl or young woman, a girlfriend → Black British sl.
NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
1897 — GIRLIE-MAN a man who is extremely interested in girls → obs.
..E20 — TITTER a man who spends much time with girls or is highly attracted to them → US sl.
VERBS
1945 — BIRD-DOG to attempt to or to steal another’s girl → US students’ sl.