Words & TermsWork, bush and rural life
checkout chick
An informal, now dated and gendered term for a supermarket checkout operator.
In a sentence
The article’s use of checkout chick now sounds dated.
Where it came from
Checkout chick arose in the later twentieth century as a rhyming, alliterative job label. Because it assumes the worker is a young woman, it is now often heard as dated or patronising.
- Initial era
- 1950–1999
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established
- Use today
- Dated and gendered