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Ratchet is a slang term in American hip hop culture that, in its original sense, [1] was a derogatory term used to refer to an uncouth woman, and may be a Louisianan dialect form of the word "wretched".
“Girls are made to think this should be part of their social dynamic. We don’t say ‘he’s a mean boy.’ It doesn’t carry the same [weight].” Part of the reason girls get the bad rap ...
Definition Origin Example(s) Variation(s) Ref(s) Af/Asf Shortened version of "as fuck." The abbreviation "AF" was first defined by Urban Dictionary user Mr McDownage on October 10, 2011. The term was popularized by Twitter user @whitepplquote on June 7, 2015, tweeting "Saying 'af' instead of 'As Fuck. '"
Before the 1980s, "airhead" was general American slang for a ditzy, clumsy or stupid person. [10] With the rise of the valley girl [11] and preppy subculture however, the term was applied to cheerleaders [12] and nouveau riche or middle class hangers-on who imitated the uptalk speech [13] and clothing of the upper class popular girls.
"Mean Girls" defined the '00s generation. Lindsay Lohan, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, and Rachel McAdams as Regina George are hotter than the Burn Book.
The slang usage of the word bitch is apparent on the sign in this protest. Bitch (/ b ɪ t ʃ /) [1] is a pejorative slang word for a person, usually a woman. When applied to a woman or girl, it means someone who is belligerent, unreasonable, malicious, controlling, aggressive, or dominant. [2]
Mean Girls is over 15 years old, and somehow it’s still one of the most quoted movies in the Hollywood lexicon. It’s the queen bee. It’s the queen bee. The star.
The 1929 silent film Desert Nights uses it to describe a wealthy female crook, and in The Broadway Melody, an angry Bessie Love calls a chorus girl a bimbo. The first use of its female meaning cited in the Oxford English Dictionary is dated 1929, from the scholarly journal American Speech, where the definition was given simply as "a woman".