Trixie (slang) explained

Trixie is a generally derogatory slang term referring to a young urban white woman, typically single and in her 20s or early 30s. The term originated during the 1990s in Chicago, Illinois, with a popular satirical website dedicated to the Lincoln Park Trixie Society, a fictional social club based in Chicago's upscale Lincoln Park neighborhood.[1]

Concept

Trixies are described as "social climbing, marriage-minded, money-hungry young ladies that seem to flock to the upwardly-mobile neighborhood of Lincoln Park".[2] Another description states that "every town has its Trixies. They're 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."[3] The stereotypical counterparts of Trixies, and the men they usually end up marrying, are referred to in slang as Chads.[4]

Shane DuBow of National Geographic, reporting about the Lincoln Park Trixie Society website, wrote that the Trixie 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", noticing that the website looked like a straight-faced parody.[5]

The term Trixie was used by some Chicago businesses: a salad being named the "Trixie Salad" at a Chicago restaurant,[6] and a hair salon named the Trixie Girl Blow Dry Bar.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: My love-hate affair with Trixies . Chicago Redeye (Tribune Co.) . May 20, 2004 . July 7, 2009 . Nikki Usher.
  2. Web site: Another Tale of Money-Hungry Lincoln Park Girls . Allen . Todd . March 12, 2001 . Indignant Online . 28 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070421225031/http://indignantonline.com/humor/trixie.htm . April 21, 2007.
  3. Web site: Lincoln Park Trixie Society . Risen . Clay . September 10, 2001 . Flak Magazine . 28 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111114203853/http://flakmag.com/web/trixie.html . November 14, 2011.
  4. Book: Kaduk, Kevin . Wrigleyworld: A Season in Baseball's Best Neighborhood . 2006 . NAL Hardcover . 978-0-451-21812-4 . registration .
  5. Web site: Field Notes From Author Shane DuBow . https://web.archive.org/web/20071216063317/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0205/feature7/assignment1.html . dead . December 16, 2007 . DuBow. Shane . 2002 . National Geographic . 28 December 2015.
  6. Web site: Homeslice's The Happy Camper Aims to Save Old Town From Chain Pizzas on Monday . Selvam . Ashok . November 6, 2015 . Eater Chicago . https://archive.today/20170302135118/http://chicago.eater.com/2015/11/6/9678052/happy-camper-menu-opening-date . March 2, 2017 . March 2, 2017 . dead.
  7. Web site: DreamDry to open in Lincoln Park . Elejalde-Ruiz . Alexia . October 22, 2014 . Chicago Tribune . 28 December 2015.

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