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heroin chic

heroin chic noun: a fashion trend begun in the 1990s revolving around models who bore characteristics of heroin addicts, such as emaciation and androgyny.

Noun

heroin chic (uncountable)

  1. (slang) A fashion trend begun in the 1990s revolving around models who bore characteristics of heroin addicts, such as emaciation and androgyny.
    • As counterpoints to the glamorous looks of 1980s models such as Christie Brinkley and Heidi Klum, heroin chic models such as Kate Moss were thin to the point of anorectic gauntness.2014, Nancy M. Marion, Willard M. Oliver, Drugs in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture and the Law, P.888

Questions about heroin chic

What does heroin chic mean?
Heroin chic means a fashion trend begun in the 1990s revolving around models who bore characteristics of heroin addicts, such as emaciation and androgyny.
What part of speech is heroin chic?
Heroin chic is a noun.

Words near heroin chic in the dictionary

  1. heroicomical
  2. heroics
  3. heroification
  4. heroify
  5. heroin
  6. heroin chic
  7. heroine
  8. heroinedom
  9. heroinely
  10. heroines
  11. heroineship

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