The word "girlie" makes my skin crawl. amirite?

I think a lot of people use it in a sarcastic/joking/ironic way lol I don't think many people are serious when they call someone girlie.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yea but even that's not a really serious title lmao

by Hahnelaina 1 week ago

Exactly lol like it's just a cute/funny thing to say it's not that serious

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It's no different then a guy look for some like minded bros to talk about the Roman Empire. Just let people have fun.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I'm a guy and I wish I had some brunch girlies to go crush eggs benny with.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Haha I'm a brunch girlie I'll get mimosas and eggs benny with you 😂😂

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That's always been a thing though, all they did was add an ie to the end. It's not any more of a clique than saying "Where are my Skyrim fans" for example; it's just "where are my girls who partake in said activity" Nobody who interacts with women is putting more weight into this word than they were before. I get hating the word, but saying it's cliquey just makes it seem like OP isn't very social

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Because it is literally half of OP's point. That they don't just dislike the word, they don't like that it's "cliquey" which is only in their head

by Anonymous 1 week ago

HEEEEYYYYYYYY GIRRRRLLLLIEEEEEEE! Where all my D20 fans at?!

by Anonymous 1 week ago

No Fr what was Beardsley on when they said the at lol

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Twenty sided dice fans? Or is that the name of a DND podcast/channel?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Dimension 20. They're part of Dropout TV/ formerly College Humor. Great stuff as far as actual play goes, probably my favorite. They are mostly D&D but also use other systems on occasion.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

D20? Nah D12 😎😎

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I'm a guy and use the term for myself

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Actual W

by Hahnelaina 1 week ago

I'm a boyie

by Few-Molasses 1 week ago

it's pasta girlies in street clothes, pasta gals in fatigues, and pasta women in uniform. common misunderstanding.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

i agree, i too think, we should agree on the word "slut". its just the sensible thing to do.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

✨️Sluttie-pop✨️

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Kim Petras has entered the chat

by Ambitious-Resolve480 1 week ago

im gonna be sick 😭

by Hahnelaina 1 week ago

Oh girlie, that's not called for.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

No one cares slut

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Slutieee

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I am 100% a pasta slut. I make Garfield look like Ned Flanders.

by Weberdeondre 1 week ago

I don't think I've ever said it but it's not offensive sounding to me. You can speak up if any one actually calls you that and you don't agree. Just say "don't call me girlie" and problem solved.

by aliyakling 1 week ago

You don't have to like how it sounds but…. A lot of girlies love it

by Wizajacky 1 week ago

Ik I doooooo 💅🏽

by Hahnelaina 1 week ago

There's something condescending about it…

by Odd-Phone5964 1 week ago

Whenever I see it online, I always assume it's a man trying to pretend to be a woman.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Ive only ever heard women say it in real life.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I'm a woman and use it. It's just supposed to be a sweet thing, like calling other women your girlfriends or sweetie. It's just a wholesome trend afaik

by Hsanford 1 week ago

Nah, my childhood best friend and I have always called each other "Girlie." It's just a cute term of endearment. Why does the internet have to make everything so insidious?

by No_Stage 1 week ago

First time I'm seeing this word. I'm not sure how adding 'ie' on the end of something infantilizes it.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Ajax is shaking in his boots

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Sorry girlie pookie pie /j Opinion is valid though imo

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It's not that serious calm down

by Anonymous 1 week ago

The word girlies has such an old and diverse history. Words change. Meanings are differently applied. It's not that deep. Let the girlies breathe.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Girly pop is even worse

by Ok_Assistance 1 week ago

Girlypop is an ironic term though

by Anonymous 1 week ago

How come?

by Hahnelaina 1 week ago

what?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

As a "girlie" girlie, can't relate

by Hefty-Trick-4828 1 week ago

You sound like a girlie girl.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That doesn't even make sense.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Neither does your opinion.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yes, it does.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Then so does mine.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

This doesn't make sense either.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Are you high?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Ok, look. Your joke didn't land. Walk it off or something.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

See, it was a meh joke at first, but you not getting it made it so much funnier.

by Murraybechtelar 1 week ago

I haven't seen "____ girlie" meaning anything different than "____ girl." I also hate the way it sounds, but I hate the way most slang of this sort sounds, and have come to accept this as a me problem.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I think if it were being applied to me, I would feel more justified in hating it. But it seems to primarily be something people use to describe themselves, and they have every right to do so, even if I think it sounds dumb as hell.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I think you're looking too much into it. It's just a fun word and way to talk, not super deep english rule stuff 😭

by Hahnelaina 1 week ago

Language is language. Nothing is without meaning. We use the words we do for a reason, whether we know that reason or not. It's not about rules, just patterns.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It's a symptom of the cultural infantilization of women and femininity which really gained prominence in the early-mid 1900s and is heavily reflected in the advertising of the time (up till now). Boys are expected to shed their boyhood and innocence much earlier than girls whereas girls are expected to maintain their "innocence" and girlishness well into adulthood. I really embrace people using whatever language they wish to but girlie in particular rubs me the wrong way for this reason.

by Fun_Veterinarian2605 1 week ago

People get chastised for using the word female. Now you don't like the word girl. What word should be used to indicate the entire group regardless of age? And what word do you use for those of the opposite sex/gender? Age agnostic? I agree girlie shouldn't be used as it's unnecessary and just sounds dumb.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I have always found 'ladies' to work as a good, inoffensive catchall for a mixed aged group of ladies. But IDK why people seem so avoidant of just calling women 'women'.

by Pgrady 1 week ago

I've heard young lady used for young girls. I guess I normally associate women and ladies with adults.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That's why I find it a fine catchall. The terms 'little lady' and 'you lady' exist and are generally used for children/teens, and ladies is used for adult women. Covers everybody. But I also don't find it a verbal burden to just say 'women and girls' when referring to a mixed age group.

by Pgrady 1 week ago

What word would you use to describe the entire cohort of human males then, let's start there.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Males probably. I have used boys.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I am fine with females, but I prefer to use it as an adjective, but if you are truly talking about the entire cohort of all female humans, female works, girls doesn't. To me, girl means female child.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

This isn't a me problem. The word is awful.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Definition of you problem. Not objectively bad no matter the amount of pseudo linguistics you apply to justify your opinion. It's just you don't like it. That is it.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Show me on the doll where the word touched you.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It sounds terrible!

by mgutmann 1 week ago

Haha I love chilling with my boys, and I've been known to be one of the girls. I really don't see how it matters that much.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Oh no, I call women "girly pop". To me it's the highest nickname I could give you.

by Hodkiewiczdavid 1 week ago

JUSTGIRLYTHINGS

by cornell07 1 week ago

I think is cute... Different strokes I guess

by Anonymous 1 week ago

After hearing Ally Beardsley from dim20 say ~hey girlieee~ in such a creepy way, I cannot not use it in that way. It's so funny to me sjshgsjshs its so passive aggressive but so funnyy But yeah, I hate these girlie categories. I also hate the arbitrary categories of women that have been so popular? Even stuff like 'siren/doe', 'dark/light feminine' etc seems so reductive when its excessive?

by Amazing-Crab 1 week ago

Not me, a latina, using girlie all the time-

by Hahnelaina 1 week ago

Unfortunately, that's changing. It's spreading.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

"girl" is casual but if you've noticed, a lot of girls are being pulled towards pink and bows and flowers and hearts. In the past, this age group associated these stuff with little girls and as they grew older their brain has been wired to think pink is bad and dark is good. But that same age group nowadays are being more open and are appreciating a colour by not restricting it to a certain age group and since they're more connected to something that's supposed to be childish why not also use "girlie" by taking the word "girl" to match with their pink, bows, flowers and hearts aesthetic

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It comes off the exact same way as "kiddo" and often times "buddy", sounds condescending.

by Mammoth_Host 1 week ago

Same. I am all for embracing femininity and sticking it to the man, but whenever someone calls me a girlie, it totally gives me the ick. It just feels wrong, I am not a little girlie, I am not 6, I am a woman. I don't care enough about it to make a fit or anything, it just makes me go ugh.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Makes me feel like the person saying it, never matured past Jr High!!

by Lbradtke 1 week ago

Can confirm 💅🏽👜

by Hahnelaina 1 week ago

for some reason I am annoyed by the word kiddo,

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Eh, to me it just means the same as "feminine". Entirely positive associations. I actually have negative associations with "manly", which to me is associated with brutishness, grossness, hairiness, and general ape/caveman/frat boy like behavior.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

✨Girlie pop✨ is a fav of mine ngl

by Mobile-Dare1798 1 week ago

The only time I can remember hearing "girlie" was from a certain barber who wanted to be a lumberjack

by Anonymous 1 week ago

As a rule, I've always kinda hated nicknames or group names with a "y" sound ending. It sounds childish to me for some reason (?).

by No-Inspector4487 1 week ago

words are sounds and there is songs i dont like so i share you feeling.

by Carolannetranto 1 week ago

my boss made a chat team named ‘'marketing GIRLIES' you would probably not like her lol

by Kayliehoppe 1 week ago

Girlie does just sound stupid … lol

by bergeanderson 1 week ago

Girlie and baddie, yes. Absolutely.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

What do you think of broad, frail, twist, dame, bunny, and doll

. In comparison, girlie is down right progressive.

by Designer-Yogurt-9742 1 week ago

hey girlie, hold still (childe mains rise!)

by rosenbaumcarmen 1 week ago

I just wait for the MLM sales pitch every time I hear it. It makes me gag.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

My wife and I use the term just to annoy people.

by Proper-Attitude 1 week ago

I HATE IT when someone you're not even close with or know that well says it to you, cause at that point they're not even sarcastic with it they just call you hey girlie showing that they're fake friendly. So cringey get away from me

by naomi12 1 week ago

Elementary age kids have started saying it so it will die soon. Just be patient.

by kattie21 1 week ago

monkaS

by NeitherAd 1 week ago

It's as cringe as 'panties' In my country, people call women 'darl' or 'darlin' or variations of. UGH.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

~ hey girlie ~

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Why do women complain so much about being called feminine pronouns and slang? I've never heard a man complaining about being called a dude

by OkHost 1 week ago

Kalm down

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Was just looking at an old Virginia Slims cigarette commercial from the 60s, a cigarette for women. Their jingle was "You've got your own cigarette now, baby - you've come a long, long way" 🎶 But they still call you baby. I'm with you, girlie is cringe.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I call my dog girlie, cause she's such a good girl and she's a cutie.

by Gradylindsay 1 week ago

Ooh, you're an angry girlie

by AffectionateEase 1 week ago

My friend uses it in an ironic detached way, it can also mean inner child (us girlies need our Olive Garden breadsticks!) there's a niche for the word and it can be quite funny, I wouldn't vest too much stock into it.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Ok girlie.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I am so sick of everyone saying girlie. I used to feel violent the first 50,000 times I heard it. Now it just makes me extremely annoyed

by Beginning_Internal29 1 week ago

Ngl that sounds like something you might wanna work on lmao

by Hahnelaina 1 week ago

I've mostly seen online white (and mixed Asian-white and/or West raised Asian) women say this. Not so much with black and Hispanic women. It's annoying at most. But, I rather be called that than a fish or something.

by shanelkling 1 week ago

We're rare but the latina girlies do be coming in strength 💅🏽🙏

by Hahnelaina 1 week ago

Okay girlie

by Rkeeling 1 week ago

Congrats, you've discovered why people say it. 99.5% of people are saying it to annoy others or be sarcastic lmao

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You tell them girlie

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yeah. There is only one group I know of that uses this term regularly, and there isn't anything actually girl-like about them.

by Lurlinehegmann 1 week ago

The Beastie Boys?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That is a good name for them! 🤣

by Lurlinehegmann 1 week ago

You're correct!!

by Lbradtke 1 week ago

Hey girlie hold still

by uliceswalsh 1 week ago

If someone says girlie or hey lady they are about to try and scam you into an MLM

by Anonymous 1 week ago