barbie
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑː(ɹ)bi/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːbi
Noun
barbie (plural barbies)
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) A barbecue (apparatus for grilling).
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) A barbecue (event: cookout).
Etymology 2
Clipping of barbiturate + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Noun
barbie (plural barbies)
- (informal, pharmacology) A barbiturate.
- 1971, The Bulletin, volume 93, numbers 4762–4774, page 35:
- “At nights,” she says, “we were both in our own little worlds, him with his alcohol and me with my barbies.”
- 1989, The Pembroke Magazine, volumes 21–23, page 162:
- 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.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Barbie. Named for Barbara Handler-Segal, daughter of Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler, in 1959.
Spanish
Further reading
- “barbie”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
From English Barbie. Named for Barbara Handler-Segal, daughter of Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler, in 1959.
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