Citations:dadbod

English citations of dadbod

Noun: "(slang) the paunchy body type characteristic of a father; a man who has this type of body"

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• 2015, "What Is the ‘Dadbod’? What Does It Mean?", The Cut, 30 April 2015:

  The dadbod is a physique characterized by undefined muscles beneath a light layer of flab, usually topped off with a beer belly.

• 2015, Chris Mandle, "In praise of the 'dadbod': the man who's let himself go", The Telegraph (UK), 1 May 2015:

  Look at Leo DiCaprio, who has gone from a blonde-curtained teen pin-up to a total dadbod over the years.

• 2015, Ed Biado, "The Internet is crazy about the ‘dadbod’, The Standard (Philippines), 6 May 2015:

  The key for someone to be identified as having a dadbod is that he has to show indications that he once took care of his physique and has simply neglected the gym of late.

• 2015, Alex Mario, "The sexual politics of ‘dadbod’", The Philippine Star, 9 May 2015:

  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, Charlie Smith, "Dadbod trend riles some women", The Georgia Straight, 9 May 2015:

  This morning, I read an amusing article by Jeremy Allingham on the CBC website about the so-called dadbod trend.

• 2015, Pete Casmore, "It’s not a dadbod – it’s an act of rock’n’roll dietary rebellion", The Guardian, 14 May 2015:

  People have even taken to saying that a dadbod is a hot bod.