bobbysoxer
- noun
- /ˈbɑbiˌsɑkər/
- Archaic
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bobbysoxer
- The fashion trends of the time were embraced by many a bobbysoxer, who wore her bobby socks proudly with bright dresses.
Examples
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I attempt to instill a bunch of bobbysoxers... and drugstore Romeos with a reverence for Hawthorne... and Whitman and Poe.
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In the 1940s, a typical bobbysoxer would have spent her weekends dancing to the latest hits on the radio.
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At the concert, a group of excited bobbysoxers screamed and shouted as their favorite band took the stage.
Synonyms
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A young teenager, often a girl, who likes pop music and fashion
A teenage girl in the 1940s who wore white bobby socks and loved pop music
How Young
Surface Forms
Morphology
bobbysoxer = bobby + sox (transparent) = bobby + sox + er
Formed from 'bobby sox' plus the agentive suffix '-er' meaning a person associated with wearing bobby socks, so the meaning is directly derivable from its parts.
Etymology
Bobbysoxer comes from the short ankle socks called bobby socks that many teenage girls wore in the 1940s and 1950s. The -er ending means 'one who', so a bobbysoxer was literally 'one who wears bobby socks' and came to mean a young fan of popular music and fashion.