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Bobby soxer is a 1940s sociologic coinage denoting the over zealous, usually teenage girls, fans of singer Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an United States singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a solo artist with great success in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers"....
, the first singing teen idol
Teen idol

?Teen idols refers to someone idolized by teens; a teen idol is often young but in many cases no longer teenaged. Often, a teen idol is an actor or a pop singer, but some sports figures have had an appeal to teenagers....
; by the 1950s, fashionable adolescent girls wore poodle skirt
Poodle skirt

A poodle skirt is a wide swing felt skirt of a solid bold color displaying a design appliqu?d or transferred to the fabric. The design was often a coiffed French poodle....
s and rolled down their sock
Sock

A sock is a knitted or woven type of hosiery garment for enclosing the human foot. Socks are designed to:* ease chafing between the foot and footwear...
s to the ankle. In high schools, the gymnasium
GYM

GYM is a sound format for the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis.The name stands for Genesis YM2612, since the file contains the data sent to the Yamaha YM2612 sound chip in the console....
 often was used as a dance floor
Dance floor

Dance floor refers to:A dance floor construction* Sprung floor, a floor to enhance performance and reduce injuries* Performance surface, a flooring typically made of vinyl sheeting, also called a marley floor....
, however, since street shoes and street detritus might damage the polished wood floors, the students were required to remove their shoes and dance in their bobby socks, thus the phrase 'sock hop
Sock Hop

Sock hop or soc hop is a term coined in the 50s in the United States, following the growth in popularity of rock and roll, to refer to informal sponsored dances at American high schools, typically held on the grounds of the high school itself in the gymnasium or cafeteria....
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The adolescent actress Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple

Shirley Jane Temple is an Academy Award-winning actress and tap dancer, most famous for being an iconic United States child actress of the 1930s, who enjoyed a notable career as a diplomat as an adult....
 portrayed said type of impressionable adolescent girl in the film, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer is a 1947 screwball comedy film starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple. Sidney Sheldon was awarded the 1948 in film Academy Awards for Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for this film in his first and only Academy Award nomination during his career in Hollywood....
 (1947).






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Bobby soxer is a 1940s sociologic coinage denoting the over zealous, usually teenage girls, fans of singer Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an United States singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a solo artist with great success in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers"....
, the first singing teen idol
Teen idol

?Teen idols refers to someone idolized by teens; a teen idol is often young but in many cases no longer teenaged. Often, a teen idol is an actor or a pop singer, but some sports figures have had an appeal to teenagers....
; by the 1950s, fashionable adolescent girls wore poodle skirt
Poodle skirt

A poodle skirt is a wide swing felt skirt of a solid bold color displaying a design appliqu?d or transferred to the fabric. The design was often a coiffed French poodle....
s and rolled down their sock
Sock

A sock is a knitted or woven type of hosiery garment for enclosing the human foot. Socks are designed to:* ease chafing between the foot and footwear...
s to the ankle. In high schools, the gymnasium
GYM

GYM is a sound format for the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis.The name stands for Genesis YM2612, since the file contains the data sent to the Yamaha YM2612 sound chip in the console....
 often was used as a dance floor
Dance floor

Dance floor refers to:A dance floor construction* Sprung floor, a floor to enhance performance and reduce injuries* Performance surface, a flooring typically made of vinyl sheeting, also called a marley floor....
, however, since street shoes and street detritus might damage the polished wood floors, the students were required to remove their shoes and dance in their bobby socks, thus the phrase 'sock hop
Sock Hop

Sock hop or soc hop is a term coined in the 50s in the United States, following the growth in popularity of rock and roll, to refer to informal sponsored dances at American high schools, typically held on the grounds of the high school itself in the gymnasium or cafeteria....
'.

The adolescent actress Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple

Shirley Jane Temple is an Academy Award-winning actress and tap dancer, most famous for being an iconic United States child actress of the 1930s, who enjoyed a notable career as a diplomat as an adult....
 portrayed said type of impressionable adolescent girl in the film, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer is a 1947 screwball comedy film starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple. Sidney Sheldon was awarded the 1948 in film Academy Awards for Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for this film in his first and only Academy Award nomination during his career in Hollywood....
 (1947).