bodycon

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bodycon

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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.

adjective more bodycon · most bodycon · body-con · body con

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.

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@misc{bodycon_2026,
  title = {bodycon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bodycon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}