ボディコン
Japanese
editEtymology
edit- Clipping of ボディーコンシャス (bodī konshasu)
- Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from body + conscious
Originated in the mid-1980s as a slang term combining the English words “body conscious”
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- bodycon
- A style and fashion subculture emphasising sexiness, decadence, nightlife, and female self-assertion widespread amongst young Japanese women during the Japanese Bubble Economy from the mid-1980s to the early-1990s. The predecessor of the ギャル (Gyaru) subculture.