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What is gender-neutral equivalent of poster boy/poster girl?

English Language & Usage Asked by pawelbrodzinski on May 17, 2021

What is the gender-neutral equivalent of poster boy/poster girl?

I want to use it in the context of a company, which is neither he nor she, like in: "a poster boy/poster girl company for self-organization."

Also, is either of the forms "poster boy" or "posterboy" more correct?

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The term is poster child (written as 2 words):

A person or thing that epitomizes or represents a specified quality, cause, etc.

‘the antiglobalization movement's poster child’

All signs (eg COCA) point to it being used much more often than poster boy and poster girl.

Correct answer by Laurel on May 17, 2021

A simple answer could be poster person.

Answered by Scott Paul Johnson on May 17, 2021

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