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ladette
/ ˌlædˈɛt /
noun
- informal.a young woman whose social behaviour is similar to that of male adolescents or young men
Example Sentences
I couldn’t imagine Fleabag, with all her disarray and independence, translating into a culture that never embraced the ladette, that never really brooked the hard-drinking, promiscuous, chain-smoking chaos-monkey as part of any feminine ideal.
“I wasn’t into being called a ladette,” sighs Shaznay.
It could be argued that the rise of the socially conscious model reflects a very 2017 archetype: the “woke” young woman, who looks set to define femininity this decade in the same way that the lager-swilling ladette did in the 90s.
Still, for those of us who lived through the ladette years, and the time of Female Chauvinist Pigs, there is a little jolt of joy to be found in the fact that, right now, most wouldn’t get out of bed for less than the empowerment of marginalised groups.
Twenty-two-year-old Jerome Deon Ladette Harrell surrendered in 2012 for having no proof of car insurance.
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