Full record for earthgirl n.
| Definition | a girl or woman from the planet Earth |
| OED requirements | antedating 1936 |
| Earliest cite | A. Macfadyen, Jr., 'The Time Decelerator' |
| Comment | Fred Galvin submitted a 1942 cite from Ray Cummings's "Gods of Space". Fred Galvin submitted a 1950 cite from John D. MacDonald's "Shadow on the Sand". Fred Galvin submitted a 1955 cite from Jack Vance's "Meet Miss Universe". Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1982 reprint of Jack Vance's 1945 "The World-Thinker"; Mike Christie verified it in the original magazine appearance. Fred Galvin submitted a 1947 cite from "James MacCreigh's" "Donovan Had a Dream". Fred Galvin submitted a 1947 cite from Henry Hasse's "Trail of the Astrogar". Fred Galvin submitted a cite for "earth girl" from a 1975 reprint of A. Macfadyen, Jr.'s 1936 "The Time Decelerator"; Mike Christie verified the first magazine appearance in the July 1936 Astounding Stories. Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1959 reprint of Robert Silverberg's "The Planet Killers" (originally published in 1957 as "This World Must Die!". Fred Galvin submitted a 1946 cite from John Douglas' "Futura". Fred Galvin submitted a 1949 cite from Thornecliffe Herrick's "The Lost World". Fred Galvin submitted a 1956 cite from Milton Lesser's "Meet Miss Solar System". Fred Galvin submitted a 1951 cite from Sylvia Jacobs's "The Pilot and the Bushman". Fred Galvin submitted a 1939 cite from Hal K. Wells's "Moon of Mad Atavism": currently this is the earliest cite for "earthgirl" as a single word. Fred Galvin located a reference to the story "The Earth Girl" by Carroll K. Michener (Weird Tales, 12/1924); we would like to obtain a cite from this story. |
| Last modified | 26 July, 2009 |
Citations for earthgirl n.
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| 1939 H.K. Wells Moon of Mad Atavism in Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb. 35/1 | You have given me an idea, Earthgirl, and it is one that I am afraid you will live to regret. |
| 1942 R. Cummings Gods of Space in Planet Stories Spring 45/1 | An Earthgirl? Certainly she looked it. |
| 1946 J. Douglas Futura in Planet Comics Nov. 11 | Captives from a dozen space worlds had failed the tests of their project survival, but now Lord Mentor of Cymradia gloats as his telescreen records the final findings on specimen nine from Terra Belt Green—Futura, the Earth-girl‥. |
| 1947 H. Hasse Trail of Astrogar in Amazing Stories Oct. 57/1 | Kraaz picked up the gun then bulked in the center of the room, ignoring the Earth girl in the guise of a Ganymedian. |
| 1947 ‘J. MacCreigh’ Donovan Had a Dream in Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct. 12/2 | The Earthgirl got up to dance with the youth in Space Fleet blue. |
| 1947 ‘J. MacCreigh’ Donovan Had a Dream in Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct. 27/1 | ‘Earthgirl?’ the guard repeated. ‘She didn't look like an Earthie.’ |
| 1950 J. D. MacDonald Shadow on Sand in Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct. 40/1 | She wanted you for herself and you were paying too much attention to the Earthgirl. |
| 1956 M. Lesser Meet Miss Solar System in Fantastic Universe Apr. 58/1 | Jack the Ripper (said the Earth videocaster) has slashed his way into the public eye today by apparently rigging the Beauty Contest in favor of the Earth girl, Dawne Flaim of Richmond, Virginia, then declaring Earth-like Eros out of bounds for the contest, putting Miss Flaim at a terrible disadvantage in competing with the artifically evolved denizens of the outworlds. |