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bigorexia, n. orig. U.S.
Brit. |ˌbɪgəˈrɛksɪə|, U.S. |ˌbɪgəˈrɛksɪə|
Forms: 19– bigorexia, 19– biggerexia[irreg.]
[‹ big adj. + -orexia (in anorexia n.).
In form biggerexia perhaps remodelled after bigger, comparative of big adj.]
= muscle dysmorphia n. at muscle n. Compounds 2.
1985People 12 Aug. 87/1 The Barbarian Brothers have a problem, which they have dubbed ‘bigorexia’. Explains David, ‘It is an obsession like anorexia. We always look at ourselves and ask, ‘Do we look big?’ We get crazy about looking small.’ 1998Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 17 May The Americans even have a term for it: ‘Biggerexia’. It's about body image. 2006R. Huntley World According to Y xiii. 132 Media images of perfectly formed male bodies have been linked..with reverse anorexia or ‘bigorexia’, the excessive concern about being big or muscular. |