girlcott

Meanings

Verb

To boycott.

Noun

A boycott led by women.

Origin

Alteration of boycott (as though it came from the word boy). Coined in 1968 by American track athlete Lacey O'Neal during the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, in the context of protests by male African-American athletes.

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