Lolita
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9.8
- noun
- /loʊˈliːtə/
- Offensive
- She was often called a Lolita for her flirtatious behavior around older men.
Examples
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I picked out a polka-dot midriff for authenticity because that's what Lolita is wearing when Humbert first catches sight of her.
Fiction book (2000) -
She's reading Lolita.
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- And what do they call you, Lolita?
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- You were out with Lolita.
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Well, sometimes people call me Lo, but my really real name is Lolita.
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If Warren wants me out of town so he can chase Lolita, so be it.
Fiction book (1994) -
Actually, you guys go look up Lolita Price; she looks just like Aaliyah.
Blog text (16) -
Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita provides an excellent exposition of some of the attitudes that allow abuse to happen.
Blog text (15) -
And of course, what's most essential in Lolita, Blight of my life, Fire of my loins, is entirely Nabokov's.
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Sexualized images of younger adolescents abound in advertising and pornography, and the Lolita figure is well known in literature and film.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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8.2
An attractive young woman often talked about in a kind way or as less grown-up
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9.9
A young girl shown as attractive to adults in a sexual way
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9.9
An anime or manga girl character who looks like a child
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9.9
A young girl in stories shown as sexually attractive to older men
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lolita comes from the title of a famous novel by Vladimir Nabokov about a young girl nicknamed Lola and called Lolita. The Spanish ending -ita means 'little', so the name came to mean a young girl seen as sexually attractive to older men.