“At nights,” she says, “we were both in our own little worlds, him with his alcohol and me with my barbies.”1971, The Bulletin, volume 93, numbers 4762–4774, page 35:
Then one day the King said, / Jules, you're grounded. / Absolutely grounded. / This is it. So Jules took / barbies, you know, barbiturates, / and he stayed down. Way down. / Grounded like his father said.1989, The Pembroke Magazine, volumes 21–23, page 162:
Barbie
noun
US /ˈbɑɹbi/ · UK /ˈbɑːbi/
Etymology Named for Barbara Handler-Segal, daughter of Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler, in 1959.
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A tall, slender female fashion doll.
They discourage their young children from engaging in rough-and-tumble play. One mother said, “I like Hai-Mei quiet. I like her playing Barbies, writing, and singing.”1964, Young Children, volume 55, National Association for the Education of Young Children, page 10:
Everything short of the toe-to-toe Truth and Love that comes from real confrontation of individual consciousness is just playing with Barbie dolls.1968, Paul Krassner, editor, The Realist, volumes 84-93, Realist Association, page 68:
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Sarah, who is ten, says she doesn’t play with Barbies anymore, although she takes a certain scientific interest[…].1976, Across the Board, volumes 13-14, The Conference Board, page 20:
Many of my feminist friends hate Barbie because they feel that she sends a terrible message to girls […]2005, Linda Hoffman Kimball, Apple Pies & Promises, Cedar Fort,, →ISBN, page 51:
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Broadly, Derogatory, Informal A beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman.
I'm a Barbie girl, in the Barbie world / Life in plastic, it's fantastic / You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere / Imagination, life is your creation1997, Aqua (band), Barbie Girl (song)
After the ceremony, the "Barbies and Kens" (excluding Tommy and Britney) gathered at Lindsay's mansion to have a barbeque party. They laughed and talked about good times and vowed to remain friends forever.2007, Vanessa Rose Lee, The Beauty Queen and the School Nerd: