- published: 13 Sep 2013
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A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood when she becomes a woman. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.
The English word girl first appeared during the Middle Ages between 1250 and 1300 CE and came from the Anglo-Saxon words gerle (also spelled girle or gurle). The Anglo-Saxon word gerela meaning dress or clothing item also seems to have been used as a metonym in some sense.
Girl has meant any young unmarried woman since about 1530. Its first noted meaning for sweetheart is 1648. The earliest known appearance of girl-friend is in 1892 and girl next door, meant as a teenaged female or young woman with a kind of wholesome appeal, dates only to 1961.
The word girl is sometimes used to refer to an adult female. This usage may be considered derogatory or disrespectful in professional or other formal contexts, just as the term boy can be considered disparaging when applied to an adult man. Hence, this usage is often deprecative. It can also be used deprecatively when used to discriminate against children ("you're just a girl").
bet you didn't mean to
turn them into heroes
but it doesn't matter
'cause we love those drug girls
in a perfect world
drug girls are left alone
in my living room
headlines are overblown
open it wider
see what its really all about
drug girls don't tell the truth
if you look inside it
you'd know that its more than a catch phrase
drug girls never fess up
they are exceeding nice
please check their alibis
timing is the key
just like in comedy
dirty tricks and sight gags
smear our reputation
fun is never easy its an occupation
good ones have got away
bad ones are there to stay
they want to be your friends