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  • noun A female member of the punk subculture.

Etymologies

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punk +‎ -ette

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Examples

  • On the near horizon is a remake of the flashy French thriller about a chic hit woman, "La Femme Nikita": Bridget Fonda is now the gun-packing punkette and it's called "Point of No Return."

    Hollywood: We Stink 2008

  • When we first see the heroine, now called Maggie (Bridget Fonda), she's a vicious, drug-addicted punkette, as glamorous as a drowned rat.

    Devil Or Charlie's Angel? 2008

  • Maybe she was trying to say that Marie Antoinette was an early punkette who just wanted to have fun.

    Reviewing the Reviews: 'Marie Antoinette' | EW.com 2006

  • Street cred for AS and AL is via their own punkette fashions and dressed up bands and for Christina, her new raunchy Diva miss thang look.

    Ashlee Simpson Takes ‘SNL’ Lip Sync Blame 2004

  • Eric laughed, thinking of the scrappy little punkette he'd met at the Dunkin Donuts 'the morning of the battle for Elfhame Sun-Descending.

    Beyond World's End Lackey, Mercedes 2001

  • Eric laughed, thinking of the scrappy little punkette he'd met at the Dunkin Donuts 'the morning of the battle for Elfhame Sun-Descending.

    Beyond World's End Lackey, Mercedes 2000

  • Easy to be cynical, but director David Fincher is coming off the most successful film of his career The Social Network'', and upcoming starlet Rooney Mara already has buzz for her performance as punkette superhacker Lisbeth Salander.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

  • In Diego Lerman's slyly comic drama Suddenly, a pair of knowing punkette malcontents (who call themselves Mao and Lenin) kidnap (sort of) Marcia, a frumpy lovelorn lingerie salesgirl.

    AvaxHome RSS: 2010

  • In Diego Lerman's slyly comic drama Suddenly, a pair of knowing punkette malcontents (who call themselves Mao and Lenin) kidnap (sort of) Marcia, a frumpy lovelorn lingerie salesgirl.

    AvaxHome RSS: 2010

  • The Canadian faux-punkette has become the latest Western pop star to face trouble in the Asian country as she was uninvited from performing a planned Kuala Lumpur gig.

    E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2009

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