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skirt

skirt

50 9.6
An insulting word for a woman used to show disrespect
  • noun
  • /skɜrt/
  • Slur
translation icon : [insulto despectivo para mujer]
  • You ought to lay off the skirts.
  • skirt-chasing
  • skirt-chaser
  • chasing skirts

That's, you know, my my recipe for manhood, for my lineage was you got to drink, fight and chase skirt.

Examples

  • Mother of God, you'll have men crawling under your skirt all night!

    Fiction book (1992)
  • In the meeting, he dismissed her ideas as if she were just another skirt in the room.

  • Is that your most serious skirt, Jones?

  • "Do you think you might use a girl in a short skirt with naked legs?"

    Fiction book (1991)
  • - Look at those skirts.

  • Her hand constantly tugged her skirt over her knees as if afraid it was riding up.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Short skirts equals talent.

  • I can't believe he referred to her as just another skirt at the party.

  • They joked that he was always surrounded by beautiful skirts, making it hard for him to focus.

Synonyms

girl
vsskirt
  • Informal
1.0

A grown woman who meets and talks with other women

is more insulting and objectifying than that friendly informal use
young woman
vsskirt
519 1.0

A female person in her teens or twenties

is an informal dismissive term that objectifies such females
bird
vsskirt
  • Slang
338 9.7

A young woman used informally to mean a girlfriend

is similar but is usually more derogatory and objectifying
gal
vsskirt
  • Informal
283 7.7

A woman or girl said in a friendly, informal way

is also informal but carries dismissive and offensive connotations
doll
vsskirt
  • Informal
186 7.6

A young woman you call in a playful or affectionate way

is harsher, often used to belittle rather than affectionately name
dame
vsskirt
  • Archaic
44 7.7

An old informal word for a woman often used in films

is less neutral and more likely to be used in an offensive way
lass
vsskirt
  • UK
41 4.8

A girl or young woman

is a more insulting informal label that reduces them to objects

Antonyms

man
1.0

An adult male person, not a boy or a woman

Idioms

to chase skirt
  • Offensive
9.9

Try to have romantic or sexual relationships with many women, often not seriously

Compounds

4 4.2

A piece of clothing made from long grass worn for Pacific Island dances

2 2.6

A long, wide skirt gathered at the waist that spreads out

skirt chaser
  • Offensive
1 9.0

A man who often tries to attract many women in a showy way

1 3.2

A very short, lightweight piece of clothing worn by ballerinas

A skirt with fabric pulled together at the waist to make it full

hobble skirt
  • Archaic
9.9

A long narrow skirt that fits tightly at the ankles and makes walking hard

skirt of tasses
  • Archaic
9.9

A row of metal plates that hang below the waist to protect the hips and thighs

How Disrespectful

broad
  • Slur
44 9.9
skirt
  • Slur
50 9.6
chick
  • Slur
520 9.6
girl
1.0
woman
1.0

Surface Forms

skirt singular
skirts plural

Etymology

Skirt used as slang for a woman comes from naming people by the clothes they wear, since women often wore skirts. A helpful way to remember this is that it is an old and disrespectful use, because it reduces a person to what they wear.