e-girl

See also: egirl

English

an example of e-girl fashion

Alternative forms

• egirl

Etymology

From e- (“electronic”) +‎ girl.

Noun

e-girl (plural e-girls)

1. (Internet slang) A female member of the e-girl/e-boy subculture which emerged in the late 2010s, characterized by emo- and grunge-inspired fashion, and by heavy use of social media platforms (notably TikTok).
   • 2019 May 20, Annaliese Olivo, “E-girl fashion develops into lifestyle from online jokes”, in The Eagle's Eye, W. Charles Akins High School, page 21:

     Instagram is one main social media platform where e-girls post pictures or videos of themselves showing off their outfits and modeling them.

   • 2019 October, Claire Clements, “Claire's Corner: The VSCO Phenomenon”, in The Sidekick, page 9:

     Let the e-girls put hearts on their faces and dye their hair.

   • 2019 December 4, Andrienne Matei, “TikTok's soft girls: could a hyper-cute aesthetic be a symbol of empowerment?”, in The Guardian:

     The popular 2019 #softgirlchallenge, in which teens edited their videos so they appeared to spontaneously transform from grungy e-girl to glimmering soft girl particularly conveys how lightly Gen Z wears its group affiliations.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:e-girl.

Coordinate terms

• e-boy

Further reading

• E-girls and e-boys on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Rigel, elrig, girle, liger

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English e-girl.

Noun

e-girl f (plural e-girls)

1. e-girl

Related terms

• e-boy