dadbod
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dadbod (plural dadbods)
- (slang) The slighty paunchy body type characteristic of a father; a man who has this type of body.
- 2015 May 1, Chris Mandle, “In praise of the 'dadbod': the man who's let himself go”, in The Telegraph, UK:
- Look at Leo DiCaprio, who has gone from a blonde-curtained teen pin-up to a total dadbod over the years.
- 2015 May 9, Alex Mario, “The sexual politics of ‘dadbod’”, in The Philippine Star:
- The dadbod is the fruit of years of Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen comedies celebrating the bros: man-children who love spending time in their man-caves drinking beer, watching TV, and generally being the teenagers they will always be, while being, deep down, more sensitive and sincere than any well-chiselled pretty boy.
- 2015 May 14, Pete Casmore, “It’s not a dadbod – it’s an act of rock’n’roll dietary rebellion”, in The Guardian:
- People have even taken to saying that a dadbod is a hot bod.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:dadbod.
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overweight male body type
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