vanity sizing

noun

Etymology

Earliest known use is from 1990 by Pati Palmer and Susan Pletsch.

Definitions

  1. The phenomenon of ready-to-wear clothing of the same nominal size becoming bigger in…

    The phenomenon of ready-to-wear clothing of the same nominal size becoming bigger in physical size over time, to flatter the wearer by making them believe they are thinner than they are.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for vanity sizing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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