office girl
Junior female employee
Office girl is a dated term for a young woman employed to do routine clerical tasks—filing, answering phones, running errands.
The term carries condescension, reducing the worker to her youth and gender rather than her role.
Modern workplaces use assistant or clerk instead: Back then, every law firm had an office girl to fetch coffee and sort mail.
Entering text via keyboard
- filingStoring documents systematically
- receptionistVisitor-greeting office worker
- secretarialOf office support work
- schedulingAssigning times to events
correspondence · photocopying · answering phones · shorthand · stenography · dictation · typewriter · switchboard
Administrative office aide
- typistOne who keyboards
- stenographerPerson recording spoken words
- assistantOne who aids another
- clerkOffice record-keeper
subordinate · old-fashioned · traditional · pink-collar · nine-to-five · entry-level · junior · vintage
typing
Entering text via keyboard
- filingStoring documents systematically
- receptionistVisitor-greeting office worker
- secretarialOf office support work
scheduling · correspondence · photocopying · answering phones · shorthand · stenography · dictation · typewriter · switchboard · memo
secretary
Administrative office aide
- typistOne who keyboards
- stenographerPerson recording spoken words
- assistantOne who aids another
clerk · subordinate · old-fashioned · traditional · pink-collar · nine-to-five · entry-level · junior · vintage · mid-century
office girlexecutive
Senior organizational leader
CEO · boss · director · managing director · chief executive
office, girl, offices, officer, official, officially, unofficial, officiate, officiated