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superwaif, n.
Brit. |ˈs(j)uːpəweɪf|, U.S. |ˈsupərˌweɪf|
[‹ super- prefix + waif n.1, after supermodel n. at super- prefix Additions.]
A particularly thin, young, or childlike fashion model, of a type favoured by many designers during the mid 1990s. Also (by extension): any person regarded as being particularly thin or waif-like.
1992Sunday Tel. 11 Oct. (Review section) p. ix/2 A new fashion breed—the Super-Waif. If this is truly the mood of fashion's future, then we mere mortals are in for another image nightmare: a flat-chested, snake-hipped and a long-haired reincarnation of every dolly bird from Marianne Faithfull to Patti Boyd. 1992Newsweek (Nexis) 23 Nov. 76 So dominant is the revitalized Disney animation department..and so popular is superwaif Culkin, that the competition has headed for the hills. 1994A. Radokovich Wild Girls Club 155, I came across a fashion spread..featuring clothing worn by superwaif models. 2003Edmonton Sun (Electronic ed.) 12 Jan. Superwaif Kate Moss reaches the ripe old age of 29 today. She's skinny. |