Meaning of barbie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A barbecue (apparatus for grilling).
   Australia, New-Zealand, UK, informal
2. A barbiturate.
   informal
3. A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.
4. A tall, slender female fashion doll.
5. A barbecue (event: cookout).
   Australia, New-Zealand, UK, informal
6. A beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman.
   broadly, derogatory, informal

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Examples

““At nights,” she says, “we were both in our own little worlds, him with his alcohol and me with my barbies.””

“Then one day the King said, / Jules, you're grounded. / Absolutely grounded. / This is it. So Jules took / barbies, you know, barbiturates, / and he stayed down. Way down. / Grounded like his father said.”

“They discourage their young children from engaging in rough-and-tumble play. One mother said, “I like Hai-Mei quiet. I like her playing Barbies, writing, and singing.””

“Everything short of the toe-to-toe Truth and Love that comes from real confrontation of individual consciousness is just playing with Barbie dolls.”

“Sarah, who is ten, says she doesn’t play with Barbies anymore, although she takes a certain scientific interest[…].”

“Many of my feminist friends hate Barbie because they feel that she sends a terrible message to girls […]”

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