Someone call Webster's quick!

I would like to start a movement. I’d like to introduce you all to a new word.

It's one of the hip words you get by combining two words together. You know like Brangelina and Californication.

It’s chirl. It’s a mixture of child and girl. However it is most definitely used when speaking to a grown woman. This new word is said with a long rolling “r”. For example, if you love the dress your friend is showing you, you might say 'Girrrl, I love it!' Or maybe its been a while since you got her on the phone,“Hey girrrl!”

What most of us white women do not have enough sass to pull off saying is something more along the lines of “Honey child, you know that man is no good for you.” or “Child, please tell me you are not going to wear those shoes”

Chirl adds just that little extra emphasize, that je ne sais quoi.

Your friend meets you for lunch looking fabulous; you say “Chirl, did you just get a Brazilian blow out or what?” When someone is thinking about sleeping with their boss, you might ask “Chirl, have you lost your mind?”

The word simply used on its own, lets your girlfriend or sister know, any and all of the following:
I love you.
You are crazy.
Everything is going to be okay.
You are drunk, we need to go home.
I told you so!
Did you just see that totally hot guy?

Chirl should only be used towards your peers; i.e. don’t go calling your grandmother or your supervisor chirl. Lastly, the occasion when it would be appropriate for a heterosexual male to use this word is extremely rare.

Until next time chirl!!

*thanks Tola