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It girl

or it girl

noun

  1. a young woman with sex appeal and a magnetic personality.
  2. an extremely popular and attractive young socialite or celebrity.


It girl

noun

  1. a rich, usually attractive, young woman who spends most of her time shopping or socializing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of It girl1

The nickname given to the sex symbol Clara Bow, subject of the 1927 novel and movie It , written by Elinor Glyn, who popularized the concept of it 1 in the slang sense “sex appeal”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of It girl1

C20: from it , in the sense: sex appeal
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Example Sentences

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Lauded as the “Latin It Girl” by Rolling Stone, the Puerto Rican starlet will grace the stage at its “Future of Music” showcase.

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The 54-year-old actor and Gen X it girl pieces together her turbulent life in her memoir, “Say Everything.”

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And yet inside the insanity of a famous It girl’s breathless ups and downs, beyond the fascinating history that “Liza” delightfully unravels, there’s a comforting takeaway: the warmth and respect with which friends and loved ones old and new — Feinstein, Ben Vereen, Mia Farrow, John Kander, Darren Criss — talk about her on camera.

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Marianne Faithfull, the singer, actress, steely-eyed “It” girl of Swinging ‘60s London and subject of numerous Rolling Stones songs including “Wild Horses” and “Sister Morphine,” opened her 1994 autobiography with a disclaimer: “Never apologize, never explain — didn’t we always say that? Well, I haven’t and I don’t.”

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In July, she dropped debut single Angel of My Dreams, and she kicked off 2025 with a banger: a dance-pop track called It girl, which appears to take a swipe at the wider music industry.

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