girlboss

== English == === Alternative forms === girl boss, girl-boss === Etymology === From girl +‎ boss, popularised by American businesswoman Sophia Amoruso in her 2014 book #Girlboss. === Pronunciation === === Noun === girlboss (plural girlbosses) (neologism) A female entrepreneur who succeeds in the male-dominated business world. 2014, review of #Girlboss by Sophia Amoruso, Kirkus Reviews, 15 July 2014, page 41: The book also includes sidebars featuring guest “girlbosses” (bloggers, Internet entrepreneurs) who share equally clichéd suggestions for business success. 2021, Leigh Stein, quoted in Arwa Mahdawi, Strong Female Lead: Lessons from Women in Power, unnumbered page: The girlboss didn't change the system; she thrived within it. Now that system is cracking, and so is this icon of millennial hustle. (neologism, by extension) Any strong-willed, independent, enterprising woman. 2021, Judy Berman, "What comes after the pop-culture girlboss", Time, 5 July 2021 - 12 July 2021, page 98: But viewers stanned girlbosses in every genre, from Parks and Recreation's idealistic bureaucrat Leslie Knope to Game of Thrones' colonizer Khaleesi, Daenerys Targaryen. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:girlboss. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === girlboss (third-person singular simple present girlbosses, present participle girlbossing, simple past and past participle girlbossed) (intransitive) To behave or act as a girlboss. === See also === lean in === Further reading === girlboss on Wikipedia.Wikipedia