ladette

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ladette

/læˈdɛt/ UK

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noun ladettes · laddette

informal A young woman who behaves in a laddish manner, namely being boisterous and loud and drinking to excess. It could be argued that the rise of the socially conscious model reflects a very 2017 archetype: the “woke” young woman, who looks set to define femininity this decade in the same way that the lager-swilling ladette did in the 90s. It is also symptomatic of a broader cultural “awokening” that has re
Similar: geezerbird, tomboy

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noun young woman of masculine manners

Français	garçon manqué, garçonne

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@misc{ladette_2026,
  title = {ladette},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ladette},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}