bobbysoxer

or bob·by sox·er, bob·by-sox·er

[ bob-ee-sok-ser ]

noun

, Informal.

1. an adolescent girl, especially during the 1940s, following youthful fads and fashions.

bobbysoxer

/ ˈbɒbɪˌsɒksə /

noun

1. informal.
   an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks, esp in the 1940s

Word History and Origins

Origin of bobbysoxer¹

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45; bobby socks + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Quite a few of the bootlegs that have pinged around YouTube in the year since have a raw charm—you can hear the fans in them babbling with giddy narration and squealing like bobbysoxers.

From The New Yorker

His features were familiar, but they lacked the compelling gauntness or the special light in the eyes that had transfixed a generation of bobbysoxers.

From The Guardian

I knew I couldn’t beat the other contestants at their own game, that is, look like a bobbysoxer.

From Literature

Actors cavort around playing jocks, nerds, cops, bobbysoxers – all interacting with the audience.

From The Guardian

Through the second world war he had become a huge star at home, the hero of the bobbysoxers, but generating commensurate enmity among an adult male audience.

From The Guardian