Barbieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Barbara +‎ -ie

固有名詞

Barbie (plural Barbies)

1. A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.

語源 2

Named for Barbara Handler-Segal, daughter of Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler, in 1959.

名詞

Barbie (plural Barbies)

1. A tall, slender female fashion doll.
   • 1964, Young Children, volume 55, National Association for the Education of Young Children, page 10:

     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.”

   • 1968, Paul Krassner, editor, The Realist, volumes 84-93, Realist Association, page 68:

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

   • 1976, Across the Board, volumes 13-14, The Conference Board, page 20:

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

   • 2005, Linda Hoffman Kimball, Apple Pies & Promises, Cedar Fort,, →ISBN, page 51:

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

2. (by extension, informal, derogatory) A beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman.

   Synonym: dolly

等位語

• Ken doll

派生語

• Barbenheimer
• Barbiesque
• Barbillion
• Barbiefication
• Barbie pink
• Barbie shipper

アナグラム

• Rabbie