girlbossery

English

Etymology

From girlboss +‎ -ery.

Noun

girlbossery (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being a girlboss.
   • 2019 September 16, Kate Reeve, “Don't be a woman, be a #Girlboss”, in The Varsity‎^[1], The University of Toronto, pages 10–11:

     Girlbossery requires performance, but with that comes discrete behavioural parameters, structures of control that spring up around this newly generated way to be.

   • 2021, Judy Berman, "What comes after the pop-culture girlboss", Time, 5 July 2021 - 12 July 2021, page 98:

     In fact, the roots of para-feminist girlbossery run deeper.

   • 2021, Sophia Mathews, "An Exploration of the Girl Boss Movie", Slope Magazine, Spring 2021, page 22:

     Andy works her way to girlbossery as well, pushing away her friends and boyfriend in the process.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:girlbossery.