单词 | superwaif |
释义 | superwaifn. A young, very slender person having an appearance of extreme vulnerability and fragility, an excessively waiflike person; esp. a particularly thin, young, or childlike fashion model of a type favoured by many designers during the mid 1990s. Frequently (and in earliest use) attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > person having slip1703 stick1945 superwaif1972 waif1980 1972 Chicago Tribune 9 Apr. (Book World section) 8/4 His life perks up considerably when he meets Oktyabrina, a kind of superwaif hippie free spirit with..a blurry past. 1992 Sunday Tel. 11 Oct. (Review section) p. ix/2 A new fashion breed—the Super-Waif..: a flat-chested, snake-hipped and a long-haired reincarnation of every dolly bird from Marianne Faithfull to Patti Boyd. 1992 Newsweek (Nexis) 23 Nov. 76 So popular is superwaif Culkin, that the competition has headed for the hills. 1994 A. Radokovich Wild Girls Club 155 I came across a fashion spread..featuring clothing worn by superwaif models. 1999 Horse & Rider Sept. (Bodyworks Suppl.) 2/1 Body types—curvy, super-waif or lean and mean—which type are you? 2009 Mirror (Nexis) 19 Dec. 34 Poor Nicole Richie. Not only is she used to the Californian sunshine but the superwaif isn't exactly built for cold weather. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1972 |
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