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skinny legend

noun

Etymology

From skinny + legend. Its precise origins are unclear, but the earliest known occurrence was on Twitter in 2012. Subsequently adopted by fandoms of celebrities such as Christina Aguilera, and gained more widespread use around the late 2010's.

  1. derived from legendus
  2. derived from legenda
  3. derived from legende
  4. inherited from legende
  5. compounded as skinny legend — “skinny + legend”

Definitions

  1. A term of endearment, used especially of celebrities by fans.

    • I grin as wide as the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Aorta, you are officially a skinny legend.
    • In certain celebrity-obsessed corners of the Internet, there is no greater compliment than being called a "skinny legend."
    • Remember that harness Timothée Chalamet wore to the Oscars last year? An impossibly skinny legend named Violet Chachki has a thing or two to say about that.

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