girl's girl

Girl's girl is a woman who supports and prioritises female friendships. The opposite is the pick-me girl. Not concerning, positive vocabulary. If your kid uses it constantly, ask them where they first heard it, not to police their speech but to understand which online community they are in. Most slang of this kind moves through TikTok and group chats, so seeing it in your child's vocabulary just means they are plugged into normal teen internet culture.

Girl's girl is informal vocabulary describing a woman who prioritises and is supportive of other women, often in opposition to women who centre male attention. Use in casual and pop-culture writing. Formal equivalent: "a woman supportive of other women." Common non-native mistake: writing as "girls' girl" (plural) or "girl girl." Standard form: "girl's girl" (singular possessive). Read or listen to the word in context several times before trying it yourself; the right register is harder to learn than the dictionary meaning.