big girl

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big girl (plural big girls)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big,‎ girl.
  2. (idiomatic, informal) An adult female.
  3. (informal) An older girl or grown-up girl; a girl who is no longer an infant.
    You can tie your own shoelaces – you're a big girl now.
  4. (informal, derogatory) A timid, weak or effeminate boy or man.
    Stop crying, you big girl!
  5. A female supposed to behave as a responsible adult.
    Just put on your big-girl panties and make a choice.
    • 2011, Jackie Collins, Poor Little Bitch Girl:
      Bobby knew he should've followed up the way Lucky would've, but what the heck – he had other things on his mind. And Brigette was a big girl – she could look after herself.
    • 2016, Lori Stevic-Rust, Put On Your Big-Girl Shoes:
      Clinical health psychologist, author and nationally recognized speaker Dr. Lori Stevic-Rust shows today's women what "having it all" really means, revealing that when women step into their big-girl shoes-reckoning with their contradictions and fears-they can tap into their awesome power
    • 2020 April 27, Patricia (on-line commenter), “Recognising progress in crisis: what malaria has taught Sierra Leone – op-ed”, in Sierra Leone Telegraph:
      When I went to college, thinking I was now a big girl and could look after myself, I stopped the antimalarial prevention medication, and within 6 months I had a bout of malaria for the first time in my life.
  6. A woman who is overweight.
    • 1999 May 12, Greg Anderson, “Dave loves the big girls”, in alt.fan.letterman[1] (Usenet), message-ID <7hb1gl$qgt$1@firewall.afs.com>:
      I was surprised he didn't take the straight line Camryn fed him about "Do you like big girls?"
    • 2007 July 23, MIKA (lyrics and music), “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)”, in Life in Cartoon Motion:
      Diet Coke and a pizza please / Diet Coke, I'm on my knees / Screaming, "Big girl, you are beautiful"

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References

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  • big girl”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.