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Wed 9 Sep, 2020 07:11 am
Hi. I know what a "girly girl" is:
"Girly girl is a term for a girl or woman who chooses to dress and behave in a traditionally feminine style, such as wearing pink, using make-up, using perfume, dressing in skirts, dresses and blouses, and talking about relationships and other activities which are associated with the traditional gender role of a girl."
But can you use "girly girl" as an adjective, and would it be hyphenated before a noun?
Please help. Thank you.
@JGoldman10,
If you Google the terminology, you’ll have your answer.
@Ragman,
I did that but I'm not an expert on linguistics. I posed the topic question in the Dictionary.com Forums.
@JGoldman10,
Of course it can be an adjective. Whether it's hyphenated or not is your call.
Not with Shaq, for example.
@JGoldman10,
JGoldman10 wrote:
But can you use "girly girl" as an adjective, and would it be hyphenated before a noun?
'Girly' is the adjective, 'girl' is the noun. No hyphen.
@JGoldman10,
Yes,
You can have a girly-girl car. In this case "girly-girl" is an adjective.
@JGoldman10,
Yes—and personally, I'd hyphenate it to emphasize it's an adjective.
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