Trixie (slang)

Trixie (slang)

A Trixie is a generally derogatory slang term referring to a young urban white woman, typically single and in her late 20s or early 30s. The term originated during the 1990s in Chicago, Illinois. The term was further popularized by a satirical website dedicated to the Lincoln Park Trixie Society, a fictional social club based in Chicago's upscale Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Trixies are typically depicted as "social climbing, marriage-minded, money-hungry young ladies that seem to flock to the upwardly-mobile neighborhood of Lincoln Park." [http://www.indignantonline.com/humor/trixie.htm] Another description calls them "the women with Kate Spade bags for every day of the week; the ex-sorority girls still lusting after big, dumb jocks; the women who go to law school to find husbands." [ [http://www.flakmag.com/web/trixie.html Flak Magazine: Review of The Lincoln Park Trixie Society, 08-20-01 ] ]

As such, "Trixies" are not unique to Chicago but representative of a stereotyped subculture in contemporary America. According to National Geographic, this stereotype describes a "blond, late-twenties woman with a ponytail who works in PR or marketing, drives a black Jetta, gets manicures and no-foam skim lattes." [National Geographic Online http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0205/feature7/assignment1.html] The equally stereotyped male counterparts of Trixies are generically given the name "Chad or Trix-he's." [Kaduk, Kevin. "Wrigleyworld: A Season in Baseball's Best Neighborhood" (NAL Hardcover, 2006) ISBN 978-0451218124]

ee also

*Bimbo
*Chav
*Dumb blonde
*Essex girl
*Ganguro
*Kogal
*Paninaro
*Sloane Ranger
*Valley girl
*Yuppie
*Marina girls

References

External links

* [http://www.lpchad.com/about-trixie/ About Trixie] (from the Lincoln Park Chad website)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http%3A//www.lptrixie.com/ Lincoln Park Trixie Society Website] (archived version)
* [http://www.lptrixie.com/ Lincoln Park Trixie Society] Official Website (Currently inactive)
* [http://www.lpchad.com/news.php Lincoln Park Chad Society] Website
* [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=(Lincoln+Park)+Trixie (Lincoln Park) Trixie] at the Urban Dictionary
* [http://www.flakmag.com/web/trixie.html] Review of LPTs on Flakmag.com


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