bag of antlers

noun

an emaciated woman, frequently a model or actress, who looks so underweight that her bones and joints stretch out her skin similar to how a burlap sack filled with deer or elk antlers would.

Meanings

nounbag of antlers (plural bags of antlers)

plural bags of antlers

  1. derogatoryslangan emaciated woman, frequently a model or actress, who looks so underweight that her bones and joints stretch out her skin similar to how a burlap sack filled with deer or elk antlers would.

Origin

First used in the late 1990s by physicians and news services to describe several actresses and models.

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