Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Citations in the Category Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion

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boy beater n. If you’re in the market for a boy beater (in the parlance of our times) that says “OUTLAW,” I guess you could do worse than Bad Kitty Clothing. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Slang] [full cite] (May. 4, 2004)

boy beater n. Perhaps you are butch and just like to sit around in a boy-beater all day drinking beer. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Slang] [full cite] (May. 11, 2004)

boy beater n. Women’s tank. Just in time for Summer, American Apparel has added four new colors to its ribbed tank style 3308, the Boy Beater. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Slang] [full cite] (May. 11, 2004)

boy safari n. Dior is one of the fashion houses leading the demand for stick-thin young men. Chris Ulyatt, 19, modelled for Dior last year. At 6ft 2in, he weighs only 10 stone. “I was approached in the street by the head of Dior Homme,” said Mr Ulyatt. “He was on what’s called a boy safari.” [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion] [full cite] (Feb. 12, 2007)

boykini n. I meant to go get a Brazilian wax today but then flaked out.…This brought to mind another example of reanalysis: the “boyzilian” or “boykini” wax. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion] [full cite] (Dec. 28, 2004)

boyzilian n. I meant to go get a Brazilian wax today but then flaked out.…This brought to mind another example of reanalysis: the “boyzilian” or “boykini” wax. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion] [full cite] (Dec. 28, 2004)

bra wars n.pl. Such action by the EU would be expected to spark tensions similar to the trade battle last year over cheap Chinese textile imports, or the “bra wars” as that dispute came to be called. Huge quantities of clothes and underwear items were blocked for weeks at European ports, with retailers claiming huge losses due to the standoff. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Business] [full cite] (Feb. 24, 2006)

bra-ologist n. Bra-ologist means a bra fitting expert. I make sure that everyone is wearing the correct size and the right style. I also train the people in the stores to fit bras. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Employment New or Nonce] [full cite] (Apr. 18, 2007)

bralette n. The forms “prettiness” now takes, which include “bralettes” for girls as young as three, as well as the language used to describe appearance in girls’ magazines directed at readers from five up ("hot, hot, hot"), give the game away. This sexualising pressure places children at risk in a number of ways. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion] [full cite] (Oct. 12, 2006)

brashwear n. Now that digital cameras and reality TV are making anyone famous for 15 seconds, there is an exploding market for “brashwear”—a new category that [Jennifer] Lopez personified—in this Sweetface collection that was a luxe version of her existing line. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion] [full cite] (Feb. 16, 2005)

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