material girl

[ muh-teer-ee-uhl gurl ]

noun

1. a person, especially a woman, who pursues a lifestyle of buying luxury items or of seeking them as gifts from lovers and admirers:

   In The Great Gatsby, Daisy was a material girl, living in a world of possession and social status through Tom.

   Their new designer lip balms boast fun and funky packaging that screams on-trend—perfect for the material girl on the go.

Word History and Origins

Origin of material girl¹

Coined in 1984 by U.S. songwriters Peter Brown and Robert Rans

Example Sentences

Not bad, if Sediuk's intentions really were to elicit an authentic response from the original Material Girl.

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So tensions were high before the Material Girl's Tuesday-night show on the Riviera.

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And one 53-year-old Material Girl who is performing the half time show says she would rather date Eli than Tom.

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The rather lackluster awards show perked up at the 90-minute mark when Ricky Gervais took on the Material Girl herself.

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He's not due in the makeup chair for another hour, where he'll morph into Madonna circa her Material Girl phase.

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