OL - OL

Japanese: OL - オーエル
OL - OL
〘 noun 〙 (first letter of the English word office lady) A female office worker (mainly in a company). A word that came to be used in place of BG. ※Information Management for the Growth of Companies (1965) by Matsudaira Seiji "Their daily lives, which seem flashy only in name, are called BG or OL"

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Japanese:
〘名〙 (洋語office lady の頭文字) (おもに会社の)女子事務員。BGに代わって使われるようになった語。※企業をのばす情報管理(1965)〈松平誠〉二「名前だけはBGとか、OLとかいわれて派手に見える彼女らの毎日も」

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