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girlie theme

girlie theme

8.1
A decorative style with pink, lace and flowers
  • noun
  • Informal
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  • Her bedroom has a girlie theme with butterflies and pink curtains.

Examples

  • The event planners chose a girlie theme for the baby shower.

  • He surprised his daughter with a girlie theme party full of glitter and flowers.

  • The party had a girlie theme with lots of pink decorations.

  • Isn't this girlie theme adorable?

  • He surprised his daughter with a girlie theme party full of glitter and flowers.

  • Her bedroom has a girlie theme with butterflies and pink curtains.

  • The event planners chose a girlie theme for the baby shower.

Synonyms

girlie style
vsgirlie theme
  • Informal
7.3

A pretty, soft look with pastel colors, floral patterns, and playful details

is a single motif focusing on pink, lace, or floral details

Antonyms

85 3.7

Having qualities people often connect with men, for example strength and toughness

How Feminine

frilly
16 4.1
girlie theme
  • Informal
8.1

Surface Forms

girlie theme singular
girlie themes plural

Morphology

girlie + theme

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'girlie' (styled in conventionally feminine, youthful ways) with 'theme' (a decorative or stylistic motif). This straightforward adjective+noun composition follows standard semantic composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer it refers to a decorative motif featuring feminine elements like pink or florals.

Etymology

The phrase girlie theme comes from the word girlie, which makes something sound small or feminine, and theme, which means a decorating idea. So it refers to a decoration style full of pink, lace and flowers, things many people think of as 'girlish'.