babygirl
See also: baby girl
English
This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.
Alternative forms
Noun
babygirl (plural babygirls)
- (fandom slang) A male fictional character or celebrity of whom one is extremely fond, especially a "bad boy" type reinterpreted as adorable, quirky, or secretly soft-hearted.
- 2022 October 11, Katelyn Sliwinski, “Is it weird to call Walter White ‘babygirl?’”, in The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan:
- Is it wrong to drastically misinterpret the tone of this show [Breaking Bad] in favor of calling an elderly man “babygirl?”
- 2022 December 1, Rachel Choi, “The babygirlification of Ghost in COD is threatening the incels”, in The Berkeley Beacon, Emerson College, page 4:
- Many predominantly female communities seem to be drawn to Ghost’s faceless and masked concept, low-toned voice, and general physique, deeming him their “babygirl” to express their fondness for him. From headcanoning him, kicking his legs, and blushing at a compliment to wearing cat ears, Ghost’s menacing persona is being accepted as a cute little quirk to the girlies.
- 2023 May 10, Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, “What does babygirl mean? And why does it refer to middle-aged men?”, in The Daily Dot:
- One popular TikTok argues that a babygirl should have two of three things: “Eyes, cries, and war crimes. They have beautiful eyes, they’ve cried onscreen, they’ve committed atrocities.”
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:baby girl.
- Alternative form of baby girl (“a friendly or intimate term of address for a woman”)
Derived terms
See also
- Draco in Leather Pants (any morally-ambiguous character romanticised by fans)
- poor little meow meow (endearingly pathetic villain or morally-ambiguous character)
- woobie (morally-ambiguous character subjected to pain for pathos)
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