bruh girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bruh girls
Etymology: From the fact that the word bruh is typically used between men.
Senses: examples: text: According to one consumer, they turn her “straight into a ‘bruh’ girl” in an instant.
ref: 2020, Annabelle Vaughan, “Tasting the Rainbow”, in Critic Te Ārohi, number 14, page 33:
text: TikTok has really shined a light on the wide array of magnificent females that bless this earth. We've got the VSCO girls, the soft girls, the E-girls, and the newest addition... The "bruh" girls. "Bruh" girls are blunt, hilarious, brave, and give no fucks what people think about them.
ref: 2020 July 26, Daniella Emanuel, Angelica Martinez, “If You Check Off More Than Half The Things On This List, You're A "Bruh" Girl”, in BuzzFeed, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2020:
text: The "don't mind me, I'm just casually looking down, fixing my pants, snap away!" look that's the perfect mix between 🥺 and bruh girl.
ref: 2020 July 28, Bianca Nieves, “These $10 Walmart Jeans Went Viral on TikTok — Here’s My Honest Review”, in Teen Vogue, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2020:
text: Both are opposites and it was trendy to be a bruh girl.
ref: 2020 September, Rajasi Laddha, “I’m Not Like the Other Girls”, in The Prospector, volume 63, number 1, page 23:
text: Do I be the bruh girl?
ref: 2021, Amulya Rao Madasu, “Aesthetic”, in Living Fifteen: A Peer into the Mind of a Teenager, Notion Press, →ISBN:
text: The title itself has, of course, caused controversy, but many online claim that ‘bruh girls’ can be viewed interchangeably with ‘pick-me-girls’, who are women that supposedly take on masculine interest to impress men.
ref: 2021 January, Abra Heritage, “Can Teenage Girls Like Anything?”, in The Founder, volume XII, number V, page 10:
text: If she likes video games, she’s a “bruh” girl.
ref: 2021 January 26, Rebecca Jennings, “This week in TikTok: How are you supposed to be a girl online?”, in Vox, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021:
text: A stunning denim dress like the one in this actor’s wardrobe, will sure be very comfortable and give that bruh-girl vibe.
ref: 2021 August 10, Rishma Shah, “Picnic Date? Let Deepika Padukone’s Wardrobe Inspire You”, in Femina, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2021:
text: Crazy, because the loose, spontaneous, extroverted, chill, crackhead, bruh girl Justine doesn’t usually come out unless invited by a fiery ball or California beach town.
ref: 2021 November 16, Justine Orgel, “Feminist of the Week! Frat Brother Pours Me Water Instead of Spiking My Drink”, in 34th Street Magazine, The Daily Pennsylvanian, Inc., page 23:
text: In contrast, I’m so low-maintenance that the last guy I went out with called me a “bruh girl,” and he did not mean that as a compliment.
ref: 2022, Ali Brady, The Beach Trap, Berkley, →ISBN, page 49:
text: She is a hodophile and a bruh girl.
ref: 2022, Disha Bindra, compiler, Thoughts from Around, The Little Booktique Hub, →ISBN:
text: Mary Magdalene was definitely a Bruh girl.
ref: 2022 January 19, “Declassifieds”, in Mars’ Hill, volume 26, number 06, page 3:
text: Al Grandé Boutique offers a variety of fashion and aesthetics like preppy, gothic, grunge, dark academia, chic, sexy, Bruh girl, tomboy style, Harajuku style, and kawaii style.
ref: 2022 August 7, Emily Patterson, “Ten Reasons You Should Shop With Al Grandé Boutique”, in Markets Herald, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2023:
text: I am passionate about female empowerment, while also normalizing the new idea of being a 'bruh" girl!
ref: 2022 October 3, Maddie Tix, “Country Music: Why You Should Listen”, in Her Campus, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2022:
glosses: A girl with personality traits and interests considered masculine, especially associated with frequently using the word bruh (“expressing amazement or shock”) in conversation.
Related terms: tomboy