grrrl
/ɡrrl
/(also grrl)
noun
A young woman regarded as independent and strong or aggressive.I haven't read her book with the unambiguous title but, as I understand it, her thesis is that women behaving like frat grrrls does not, in fact, engender empowerment....
- After working on my book proposal for a little and the garden for longer today, I decided to be a bad grrrl and just play a game.
- This fascinating novel, an interesting cross between hard science fiction, riot grrls gone wild and cyberpunk which has yet to pick up a U.S. publisher, deals with a two-strand narrative.
Origin
1990s: blend of grrr, representing the sound of an animal growling (and thus human anger) and girl, originally a variant of girl in riot girl.