Christmas cookie

A term for women equating them to “Christmas cookies” as “they are no longer good after 25”; reflecting the social notion imposed on women to settle down and marry before 25.

“When a woman’s Christmas cookie phase ends at 25 she should be married and settle into wife life.”

Pick me

A “Pick me” individual is an individual who belongs to a marginalized group within a society who seeks approval from the dominant hegemonic group by repeatedly reiterating the validity of negative biases held by the dominant hegemony against the “Pick me’s” own group.

The desperation for the approval can lay in the Pick me’s poor self confidence, seen as a way highlight theirselves without highlighting oneself, and an avenue for political or financial gain

Candace was unable to find a long term boyfriend until she became a Pick me and began to appealing towards misogynistic men by agreeing with their misogyny.