D-girl

D-girl n. a (junior) film industry executive who considers scripts for further development into funded movie productions. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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  • 2000: Sopranos Season 2 Episode 20. When Christopher approaches Amy, she adopts a strictly businesslike attitude, saying that the studio has lost interest in mob films. Furious, Christopher denounces her as a “fucking D-girl”, causing an offended Amy to proclaim that she is a vice president, before storming off.

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