Shrillary
English
Etymology
Blend of shrill + Hillary, likely to invoke the connotation of being loud, overbearing, and irrational that the word shrill may have when applied to women.[1][2]
Proper noun
Shrillary
- (US politics, slang, derogatory) Hillary Clinton (born 1947), US politician and diplomat.
Related terms
- Shillary
- Hitlery
- Billary
References
- William Cheng, "The Long, Sexist History of 'Shrill' Women", Time, 23 March 2016
- Kate Burridge & Howard Manns, "Shrill, bossy, emotional: why language matters in the gender debate", The Conversation, 9 May 2021