Trixie (woman)

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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."[1] 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."[2]

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."[3] The equally stereotyped male counterparts of Trixies are generically given the name "Chad."[4]

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  1. ^ http://www.indignantonline.com/humor/trixie.htm
  2. ^ Flak Magazine: Review of The Lincoln Park Trixie Society, 08-20-01
  3. ^ National Geographic Online http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0205/feature7/assignment1.html
  4. ^ Kaduk, Kevin. Wrigleyworld: A Season in Baseball's Best Neighborhood (NAL Hardcover, 2006) ISBN 978-0451218124

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