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])[1]
IPA^(key): [bo̞dʲikõ̞ɴ]

Noun

ボディコン • (bodikon)

bodycon
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.

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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