kinderwhore

English

Etymology

Blend of kindergarten +‎ whore.

Noun

Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland in kinderwhore fashion in 1992.

kinderwhore (countable and uncountable, plural kinderwhores)

1. (fashion, uncountable) A feminine fashion aesthetic that emerged with grunge rock in the early 1990s, contrasting the childlike quality of baby-doll dresses, Peter Pan collars, etc. with heavy (and possibly smudged) make-up characteristic of adult decadence.
   • 1998, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women:

     It allows for baby-doll dresses and kinderwhore fashions, for chunky high-heeled Mary Janes from Prada and solid-silver pacifier pendants […]

   1. (possibly offensive, countable) A follower of this style.
      • 2002, Malcolm Barnard, Fashion as Communication:

        In much the same way as that in which Punk disrupted conventional notions of female beauty the 'kinderwhore' disrupts traditional or ideological versions […]

Further reading

• kinderwhore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia