girlify

Etymology

girl + -ify

verb

  1. (transitive) To make girly.
    She made George set in the playhouse with her, and he would do it, no matter how much Pa teased him and called him girlified and threatened to make him wear dresses. 1968, Mildred Haun, The Hawk's Done Gone: And Other Stories, page 223
    Men, who still run the patriarchy, are loving it; women are self-objectifying, girlifying themselves in their makeup, clothing, hair, and even their discourse – girl talk. 2008, Ben Agger, The Virtual Self: A Contemporary Sociology, page 138

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