Proper noun

1. coined in the 1920s, possibly a blend of Cherry and Beryl.

Quotations

• 2003 Brian Bouldrey: The Boom Economy, Or, Scenes From Clerical Life. Terrace Books. ISBN 0299189002. page 11:

  "I hate the name Cheryl," Dennis confided, thinking they'd both surely agree.

  "Why?" asked Isabelle.

  How could he explain? How could he convey to a French girl the loathsome sound of the name Cheryl, given to girls to make them sound soft when they were in fact hard and vulgar. - - - The world was made up only of foreigners, and a man, thought Dennis, is existentially quite alone with his prejudices.