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Cosby sweater

noun

Etymology

From the sweaters worn by the character Cliff Huxtable, played by Bill Cosby, on the American sitcom The Cosby Show (1984-1992).

Definitions

  1. An oversized sweater featuring a loud, kitschy pattern.

    • I taste blood in my mouth while a Japanese gentleman in plastic snowshoes and a colorful Cosby sweater snaps photos of a landscape leveled by forest fires a decade ago.
    • So hipsters, next time you're digging through the racks at the local thrift store for the perfect Cosby sweater for your annually unoriginal ugly Christmas sweater party, remember this…
    • A guy in a Cosby sweater lamented he didn't bring along some Trivial Pursuit cards.

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