Usurping Authority
Theodore: Man, Tyrone is such a know it all. It was like he was trying to take the teacher's job in class today.
James: Yeah, man! He was really girlbossing.
James: Yeah, man! He was really girlbossing.
by Biglad412 March 6, 2023
Girlboss (verb) to make something or someone appear as a feminist idol or inspiration for profit, despite the numerous flaws of the person.
"Have you seen the new Cruella De Ville trailer?"
"Yeah. They totally girlbossed her. As if she's a villain because she's a girl, not because she tried to make a coat out of puppies."
"Yeah. They totally girlbossed her. As if she's a villain because she's a girl, not because she tried to make a coat out of puppies."
by penisshakes March 18, 2021
by gaslightgatekeepgirlboss April 27, 2021
someone who is lauded by themselves or others as a feminist icon, despite not typifying feminism in many ways or sometimes being unpleasant and unethical in a way that is antithetical to feminism
"do you think margaret thatcher was a girlboss?"
"yes, of course."
"do you think she effectively utilised girlboss power by funnelling money into illegal paramilitary death squads in Northern Ireland?"
"yes, of course."
"do you think she effectively utilised girlboss power by funnelling money into illegal paramilitary death squads in Northern Ireland?"
by penisshakes June 16, 2022
A person who co-opts popular feminist “girl power” rhetoric as a way to virtue signal to other neoliberals and shield themselves from criticism.
JK Rowling’s “girlboss” McFeminism is real obvious you realize she only supports girls who “aren’t like other girls”
by tay.tayyyyyy March 5, 2021
by ryo asuka February 21, 2021
Girlboss (noun) someone who is lauded as being a feminist icon, despite the fact that they are actually extremely unpleasant or unfeminist.
by penisshakes March 18, 2021