wardrobe malfunctioner

noun

One who has had a wardrobe malfunction.

Meanings

nounwardrobe malfunctioner (plural wardrobe malfunctioners)

plural wardrobe malfunctioners

  1. rareOne who has had a wardrobe malfunction.

    And she's the best wardrobe malfunctioner in the business, God luv her.

    2005 June 20, meste, “how to save michael jackson's career? your advice?”, in alt.music.michael-jackson (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    Special mention has to go to 'I need your loving', the opening track on side 2 which appears to be a Phil-fronted remix of 'What have you done for me lately' made famous by Janet, the aforementioned 'Queen of wardrobe malfunctioners' and extra special mention to the lowest point on the album, and probably also their careers, the atrocious 'Swang'.

    2016, Neil Pace, The Great Cassette Experiment: The Joy of Cassettes, page 125

    In other words, she was a serial wardrobe malfunctioner (If there is such a term. And even if there isn't, now that I've invented it, there is).

    2016, Sreenivasan, Much Below Average, →ISBN

Origin

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