gworl

English

Noun

gworl (plural gworls)

1. (slang) Pronunciation spelling of girl.
   • 2020, Kenya Hunt, Girl: Essays on Black Womanhood, HQ, HarperCollins, →ISBN:

     Girl! GWORL. Gorl. Guhl. Gurl. Grrrrrlll. / ‘Mommy, why is it that every time you’re on the phone or with your friends it’s always girl, girl, girl, girl?’ my son asked me two years ago as I was tucking him into bed for the night.

   • 2022, Candice Iloh, Break This House, Dutton Books, →ISBN, page 71:

     “And you say you a vegan,” Nikki says. “I knew you been dreamin’ about yolk this whole time, gworl. Come back on this side.”

   • 2022, Yewande Biala, Reclaiming: Essays on Finding Yourself, One Piece at a Time, Coronet, →ISBN:

     To say I didn’t idealise these bodies would be a lie. Gworl! I was addicted to Dr Mami’s Snapchat stories.

   • 2023, Melania Luisa Marte, “Self-Portrait As A Green Goddess”, in Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems, Tiny Reparations Books, Penguin Random House LLC, →ISBN, page 140:

     for starters, this is a poem for the material gworls—the darlings who need a little more than coffee to feel armed and fierce enough to face the day. it takes fashion.

   • 2023, Araba Ofori-Acquah, “Gratitude”, in Return to Source: Unlock the Power of African-Centered Wellness, Hay House, →ISBN, page 263:

     I want to thank my chosen family, the gworls whose friendship isn’t counted in phone calls or messages but in unconditional love, support and laughs: Tiff, Linda, Belle, Agyeiwaa, Yvette, Izzy, and the boy dem who have no idea how meaningful our music and wine therapy sessions are: Temple, Ben and Kwaku.

   • 2023, Cody Rigsby, XOXO, Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual’s Guide to Self-Love, Relationships, and Tactful Pettiness, Dialogue Books, Little Brown, Book Group Limited, →ISBN:

     Every chosen family has its ups and downs, and I’m so lucky to have a group of gworls to experience this chaotic dance we call life with.

   • 2023, Hanna Alkaf, Margaret Owen, The Grimoire of Grave Fates, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, Random House Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 123:

     Another notification hit her phone. This time, it was a DM on IG. / GWORL! YOU HEARD ABOUT DROPWORT DROPPING DEAD?????