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bodycon en · ADJ

Etymology

From Japanese ボディコン (bodikon) (clipping of English body conscious), name of a fashion subculture among young Japanese women in the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s.

Meanings

1. (of women's clothing) Figure-hugging, skintight, form-fitting.
   • She has, of late, tried to tone down her usual fembot style – all bodycon dresses and pointed shoulders – with more interesting looks: a jumpsuit here, a pussybow there, a fluted sleeve there. 2016 November 28, Hadley Freeman, “Melania Trump wants to be a ‘traditional’ first lady like Betty Ford. Good luck with that”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2016:

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