pompom girl

noun

1. a female cheerleader, as for a football team, whose routines often include the waving of large flowerlike clusters or streamers resembling pompoms.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pompom girl¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

At some point on an old South Carolina interstate, I mentioned to him that I thought I would like to be a pompom girl.

From Washington Post

“She was a pompom girl and a debater,” he writes in his précis of Ms. Mayer’s childhood.

From New York Times

Undaunted, DuBoe, a former pompom girl and Mensa member from Morton Grove, is counting wins like the public health grant and a few promising new corporate relationships as she tries to make good on the promises behind Live United 2020, a bold service and fundraising initiative unveiled in 2009.

From Chicago Tribune

At a ship's party in Guam, the skipper ordered Generous to sit cross-legged at his feet, and had another officer roll up his trouser legs and act as a "pompom girl."

From Time Magazine Archive