Australian slang for a woman or girl, now mostly used jokingly or nostalgically.
Wild will be running from 7-30 May, or you can view the exhibition online now. buff.ly/eW6FQ5K 📷️ Night Life, by Sheila Anderson-Hardy
Murolo clamped his mouth shut, looking sulky, and sat down on his chair. Sheila E remained impassive, but snorted defiantly. Murolo coughed, composing himself, then began laying documents out on the table. One of the…
Australian slang for a woman or girl, now mostly used jokingly or nostalgically. Has an older, friendly-uncle energy — more likely to come from a 60-year-old farmer than a 22-year-old at a Sydney cafe.
"Good on ya, sheila."
sheila means Australian slang for a woman or girl, now mostly used jokingly or nostalgically. It's mostly used in Australian informal speech. It's casual and generally safe with friends and online. It's standard online vocabulary; nothing inherently concerning about hearing it.
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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Aussie and Kiwi vocabulary — bogan, daggy, brekkie, sheila, bach, jandals — the whole Antipodean lexicon, including outback dialect, surf and beach culture, and Sydney/Melbourne street slang.
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The woman who talks a good sheila game — claims to be chill, practical, and low-drama — but is actually somewhere in the middle. Mid sheila shows up but needs to be asked. She can handle things but needs a pep talk first. Her 'I'm fine with anything' usually has an invisible asterisk. Not a bad person, just not the effortless, sorted archetype she thinks she is. Halfway between sheila and a situation.
The personal development journey of someone who fully grows into their sheila identity — moving from uncertain or performative femininity into a grounded, no-nonsense, genuinely capable version of themselves. A sheila arc is usually marked by a shift from people-pleasing to practical honesty, from apologising for taking up space to just being useful and unapologetic. Fans call it out in retrospectives: looking back at someone's posts from two years ago versus who they are now.
The highest-tier sheila — a woman who's down-to-earth, direct, and genuinely good to be around, but who's also commanding enough that the whole room follows her lead without her demanding it. A sheila queen doesn't need to perform, doesn't need drama, doesn't need the spotlight — she just operates with a natural authority that makes everyone around her function better. Think the woman who organises the whole camping trip, keeps it fun, and still wins the argument about which trail to take.
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (née Cherfilus; SHUR-fill-əss; born January 25, 1979) is an American politician and businesswoman who served as the U.
sheila means Australian slang for a woman or girl, now mostly used jokingly or nostalgically. It's mostly used in Australian informal speech. It's casual and generally safe with friends and online. It's standard online vocabulary; nothing inherently concerning about hearing it.
"sheila" is slang. It means: Australian slang for a woman or girl, now mostly used jokingly or nostalgically. Register: casual. Use it in: casual conversation and online posts. Avoid in: formal writing and professional emails.
“Wild will be running from 7-30 May, or you can view the exhibition online now. buff.ly/eW6FQ5K 📷️ Night Life, by Sheila Anderson-Hardy”
“Murolo clamped his mouth shut, looking sulky, and sat down on his chair. Sheila E remained impassive, but snorted defiantly. Murolo coughed, composing himself, then began laying documents out on the table. One of the photographs made Fugo frown. He recognized the person in it.”
“Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (née Cherfilus; SHUR-fill-əss; born January 25, 1979) is an American politician and businesswoman who served as the U.”
“Born and raised in Oakland, California, Sheila began her music career as a percussionist for the George Duke Band from 1976 to 1980.”
“Sheila Cecilia Escovedo (born December 12, 1957), known under the stage name Sheila E.”
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Sheila (yacht), an Albert Strange canoe yawl built in 1905
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Empire Sheila, a ship in the service of the British Government
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Sheila, New Brunswick
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Sheila (dog), a dog who received the Dickin Medal in 1945
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Sheela (1935 film) or Sheila, an Indian Punjabi-language film
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