riot girln.
/ˈrʌɪət ɡəːl/, U.S. /ˈraɪət ˌɡərl/ Originally U.S. Now chiefly historical.
A member or follower of any of several loosely affiliated, mainly American, feminist rock or punk groups of the early 1990s. Hence, more generally: (a member of) a wider feminist movement associated with these groups.In quot. 1991 as the title of a publication associated with this movement.
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1991 Riot Grrrl July (O.E.D. Archive) (cover) Riot grrrl is a free weekly mini-zine.
1992 Billboard 28 Mar. 60/1 The panelists festooned the wall with a bedsheet emblazoned with the legend ‘Riot Grrls (sic)’.
1992 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 28 Sept. c3 The main way riot girls express themselves is through dozens of girl fanzines. The small, Xeroxed-and-folded booklets are filled with grrrl talk, art and articles.
1995 Guardian 15 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) 37/1 When the Riot Grrl movement began in America in 1991, its intention was to redress the balance of power via the punk rock underground using slogans (words like ‘rape’ and ‘slut’ written in black marker pens on exposed stomachs or bare arms), fanzines, meetings and women-only shows.
1998 Christian Sci. Monitor (Electronic ed.) 7 May 1 The ‘riot grrl’ trend in rock music—featuring young, strong, angry women—lent a new cachet and a new spelling to the word ‘girl’, suggesting strength and independence.
2001 Guardian 13 Feb. ii. 9/3 Like the original Ladyfest, riot grrrl took shape in Olympia, a sleepy-seeming hippy town with a history of political activism.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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