sex kitten

English

Etymology

Coined circa 1958 to describe French starlet Brigitte Bardot, who appeared in the 1957 film And God Created Woman.

Noun

sex kitten (plural sex kittens)

1. A woman who is both sexually desirable and sexually active.
   • 1986 December 7, Michael Bronsky, “Gay Man's Dream Realized in Benefit Production of archy and mehitabel"”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 7:

     Even the Muppets — as mainstream and heterosexual as some of them may be — are favorites among many gay men; Miss Piggy, that porcine sex-kitten, adorns many a wall in gay bars.

Translations

sex kitten

• German: Betthäschen n, Sexbiene f, Sexpuppe f
• Macedonian: секс-бо́мба f (seks-bómba)

References

• “sex kitten”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “sex kitten”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “sex kitten”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “sex kitten”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Neal Umphred (2019 April 18) “Where Have All the Sex Kittens Gone, Long Time Passing?”, in Medium