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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