cliterati

English

Etymology

Blend of clitoris +‎ literati

Pronunciation

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Noun

cliterati pl (plural only)

1. Significant figures in the feminism movements.
   • 2004, Laura Flanders, The W effect: Bush's war on women, Feminist Press at the City University of New York, page 248:

     Its first meeting, held at Eve Ensler's apartment, was a who's who, as Cuomo puts it, of "the New York cliterati," including Urvashi Vaid, Laura Flanders, Sarah Schulman and other notables.

2. Influential women.
   • 1996, Lindsy Van Gelder, Pamela Robin Brandt, The Girls Next Door, Simon & Schuster, page 126:

     The women who come are famously sexy, rich, successful, and gorgeous: the cliterati.

See also

• Appendix:American Dialect Society most outrageous words of the year

References

• Most Outrageous Word of the Year, American Dialect Society

Anagrams

• lateritic, triticale, triticeal