big girl's blouse
"big-girl-s-blouse" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“big girl's blouse” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An effeminate or weak man, a sissy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | big girl's blouse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “big girl's blouse” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for big girl's blouse is 17 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An effeminate or weak man, a sissy.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for big girl's blouse, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: First recorded (1969) in the television sitcom Nearest and Dearest, used by the character Nellie Pledge (played by comedienne Hylda Baker). It has been suggested that Baker had previously used this expression in her stage act. The correct English form is big girl's blouse, spelled B-I-G- -G-I-R-L-'-S- -B-L-O-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1An effeminate or weak man, a sissy.
Etymology
First recorded (1969) in the television sitcom Nearest and Dearest, used by the character Nellie Pledge (played by comedienne Hylda Baker). It has been suggested that Baker had previously used this expression in her stage act.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “big girl's blouse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-I-G- -G-I-R-L-'-S- -B-L-O-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.