dadbod

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A form of dad bod — The slighty paunchy body type characteristic of a father; a man who has this type of body.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

noundadbod (plural dadbods)

plural dadbods

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of dad bod.

    People have even taken to saying that a dadbod is a hot bod.

    2015 May 14, Pete Casmore, “It’s not a dadbod – it’s an act of rock’n’roll dietary rebellion”, in The Guardian
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    Look at Leo DiCaprio, who has gone from a blonde-curtained teen pin-up to a total dadbod over the years.

    2015 May 1, Chris Mandle, “In praise of the 'dadbod': the man who's let himself go”, in The Telegraph, UK

    The dadbod is the fruit of years of Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen comedies celebrating the bros: man-children who love spending time in their man-caves drinking beer, watching TV, and generally being the teenagers they will always be, while being, deep down, more sensitive and sincere than any well-chiselled pretty boy.

    2015 May 9, Alex Mario, “The sexual politics of ‘dadbod’”, in The Philippine Star
Cite this entry
APA

dadbod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dadbod

MLA

“dadbod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dadbod. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dadbod,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dadbod.

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