girlchik

English

Etymology

Blend of girl +‎ boychik

Noun

girlchik (plural girlchiks)

  1. (chiefly Jewish) Term of endearment for a girl or woman.
    • 1940, Theodor Reik, From Thirty Years with Freud, →OCLC, page 187:
      “Ai-ai-ai,” Aaron cries sadly, “you were always such a quiet girlchik.”
    • 2000, Bonnie J. Morris, Girl Reel, →OCLC, page 113:
      Here was the chutzpadik girlchik herself in a story blending the highest of scholarly ambitions with lust and desire
    • 2014, Sharon Buchbinder, “Chapter 2”, in Some Other Child, →ISBN:
      He stumbled to the foot of her bed. “Hello, girlchik.”
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