Wildly popular teenage literary series by Louise Rennison. The books are the diaries of the titular heroine, who is 13 at the beginning of the series and 15-16 in the last installments. So popular in the author's native Britain that the books were released in the USA with minor adjustments, and have now been adapted into a film released in 2008.
Noted for containing many "Georgia-isms" that have made their way into everyday language, such as "nunga-nungas" (breasts), "mervyfab" (anything Georgia likes) and "I'm away laughing on a fast camel" (goodbye). Reprints of the books now come with a glossary.
The books in the series are:
- Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
- It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers! (USA version: On The Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God)
- Knocked Out By My Nunga-Nungas
- Dancing In My Nuddy-Pants
- ... And That's When It Came Off In My Hand (USA version: Away Laughing on a Fast Camel)
- Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers
- Startled By His Furry Shorts
- Luuurve Is a Many-Trousered Thing
- Stop in the Name of Pants!
- Are These My Bazoomas I See Before Me?
All the books are about the everyday teenage life and problems of Georgia and her friends, known as the "Ace Gang". Major characters include:
- Georgia Nicolson - the snarky and immature, but likeable, heroine
- Jas - her best friend who talks too much and wears enormous underwear
- "The Ace Gang" - consists of Georgia and Jas plus Rosie, Ellen, Jools and Mabs (joined by Honor and Sophie in the last book)
- Robbie aka "Sex God" - Georgia's boyfriend in the early books
- Tom - Robbie's brother, Jas's boyfriend
- Masimo - Italian singer who replaces Robbie in Georgia's affections
- Dave "The Laugh" - close friend and occasional "snogging partner" of Georgia
- "Wet" Lindsay - Georgia's enemy and rival for the affections of Robbie and Masimo
- "The Bummer Twins" - school bullies
- Angus - Georgia's crazy cat
- Libby - Georgia's very young sister, not yet toilet trained
- "Mutti" and "Vati" - Georgia's uncool parents
These books provide examples of:
- Adults Are Useless -To be fair, pretty much everyone in this series is useless.
- Annoying Younger Sibling
- Cats Are Mean - Angus
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome - the Bummer Twins feature prominently in early books, but do not reappear after Dancing In My Nuddy-Pants (when it is mentioned that they were expelled from school)
- Cloud Cuckoo Lander - Most members of the cast at some point, even Georgia, though Rosie and Sven win by a mile.
- Cosmetic Catastrophe
- Draco In Leather Pants - Georgia is loved by fans despite being immature, insensitive and often deliberately cruel
- Fun With Foreign Languages
- Funny Foreigner - Sven, Herr Kamyer
- Karma Houdini - Wet Lindsay receives no major retribution for her constant tormenting of Georgia. The Bummer Twins spend three whole books not being caught or punished for their reign as the school bullies, and when they're finally expelled from school, it's for shoplifting.
- The Libby - depending on your view, either Georgia herself or "Wet" Lindsay
- No Sympathy - Georgia
- Not Allowed To Grow Up - Georgia's sister Libby is mentioned as 3 years old at the start of the series but does not mature with the rest of the cast; in the later books she has not yet started school, is still not toilet trained and her speech has not developed. Lampshaded as Georgia wonders why her parents don't bother to teach her sister these things.
- Not Listening To Me Are You
- Periphery Demographic
- The Rival - Lindsay
- True Love Is Exceptional - Dave the Laugh is Georgia's most constant love interest, despite lacking her usual "requirements" for a boyfriend (older, "Sex God" looks, sings in a band, own transport). In the first book, she wonders why anybody would date someone just because they were funny, but this is presented as Dave's best feature from the moment he appears in the second.
- Sadist Teacher
- The Film Of The Book
- Token Minority - Ellen is played by an Indian girl in the film adaptation.
- This may be because the director (Gurinder Chadha) is Indian, and known for her films about British Asians.
- Unreliable Narrator - Georgia
- Unusual Euphemism - "nunga-nungas", among others.
- Will They Or Wont They - Georgia and Dave
