good girl

• enPR: go͝od′ gûrl′
• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʊd ˌɡɜːl/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʊd ˌɡɜɹl/

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• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʊd ˌɡøːl/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʉd ˌɡɪɹl/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʊɖ ˌɡəːʳl/
• Hyphenation: good girl

good girl (plural good girls)

1. An obedient female dog, child, or someone who behaves like one, even when deemed inappropriate.

   You're a good girl, standing by your man even when he gets you in trouble.

   • 2011 September 1, Emily P. Freeman, Grace for the Good Girl: Letting Go of the Try-Hard Life‎^[1], Baker Books, →ISBN, page 229:

     Take some time to share your stories with one another, especially identifying which brand of good girl you each might be. Did you accept Jesus as a child or as an adult? If you accepted Jesus as an adult, in what ways can you still relate with the good girl?

2. (humorous) A demeaning term of address to a female

• good boy

• gurl

• attagirl

good girl

1. (idiomatic) Well done, to a female.
2. Said as praise to an obedient female dog or other female domesticated animal; see also who's a good girl.

   "Fetch! Fetch!" (dog fetches stick) "Good girl!"