gal friday

gal Fri·day

G g

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gal frahy-dey, -dee]
- /gæl ˈfraɪ deɪ, -di/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gal frahy-dey, -dee]
- /gæl ˈfraɪ deɪ, -di/

Definitions of gal friday words

noun gal friday Older Use: Sometimes Offensive. a woman who acts as a general assistant in a business office or to an executive and has a wide variety of especially secretarial and clerical duties. 1
noun gal friday See girl. 1

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Origin of gal friday

First appearance:

before 1955

One of the 4% newest English words

First recorded in 1955-60; modeled on man Friday

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Parts of speech for Gal friday

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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gal friday popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for gal friday

noun gal friday

alter ego — Your alter ego is the other side of your personality from the one which people normally see.
assistant — Assistant is used in front of titles or jobs to indicate a slightly lower rank. For example, an assistant director is one rank lower than a director in an organization.
confidant — Someone's confidant is a man who they are able to discuss their private problems with.
girl friday — gal Friday.
hired hand — a hired laborer, especially on a farm or ranch; farm hand or ranch hand.

All 7 Synonyms of gal friday