ボディコン

Japanese

Etymology

• 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

• (Tokyo) ボディコン [bòdíkóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞dʲikõ̞ɴ]

Noun

ボディコン • (bodikon) 

1. bodycon
2. 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.