girl dinner

[ gurl din-er ]

noun

, Informal.

1. an often attractively presented collection of snacks that involve little preparation, such as small quantities of cold cuts, cheese, fruit, cherry tomatoes, etc., and often including items of little nutritional value, deemed sufficient to constitute a meal for one: typically the fare of young single women with little time or inclination to cook.

Word History and Origins

Origin of girl dinner¹

First recorded in 2023

Example Sentences

Tinned fish was the epitome of "girl dinner" before girl dinner became a whole thing.

From Salon

Between the amalgamation of pandemic snacking, the second Italy-set season of “White Lotus” and the advent of “girl dinner,” have actually catapulted the trend.

From Salon

Then, there was Girl Dinner, an assemblage of small snack plates that are enjoyed as a meal.

From Salon

She’s an unstoppable chaos queen with a stink-nipple on her butt, who turns luxury Arizona golf courses into free range charcuterie boards for her grub-worm girl dinner.

From Salon

But Maher takes a more positive approach towards the term girl dinner.

From BBC