According to Joanne Gottlieb and Gayle Wald, the term was coined as a joke by Thurston Moore during the early 1990s to describe a wave of loud and aggressive female fronted bands that was occurring at the time.
According to Joanne Gottlieb and Gayle Wald, the term was initially used humorously by Thurston Moore in the early 1990s to characterize a wave of intense and confrontational female-led groups that were gaining popularity during this period.