chicette
n.— «The Daily, Fashion MINI and Fashion Week Daily are seeking a new chicette (or chicetto) to join our editorial staff. We are looking for a reporter who is as obsessed with fashion as we are, knowledgeable about the key players in the industry, and who is comfortable interviewing anyone and everyone.» —“Writer/Reporter” Media Bistro (New York City) May 18, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Joan from Buffalo, New York, wants to know how to spell a particular word that means to spiff up, clean up, straighten, or fix. The word is zhuzh, which has had dozens of different spellings over the years because it’s primarily transmitted...
The word dungarees is a relic of the British colonial presence in India. Dungri was the name applied to a durable cotton cloth exported from India to England in the 1600s, and used to make sails and tents. Dungaree comes from the Marathi term...