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physique magazine

physique magazine noun: a magazine featuring sexually suggestive photographs of muscular men in athletic poses, presented in the guise of bodybuilding but intended as homosexual erotic imagery at a time when this was socially unacceptable.

Noun

physique magazine (plural physique magazines)

  1. (historical) A magazine featuring sexually suggestive photographs of muscular men in athletic poses, presented in the guise of bodybuilding but intended as homosexual erotic imagery at a time when this was socially unacceptable.

Forms of physique magazine

pluralphysique magazines

Questions about physique magazine

What does physique magazine mean?
Physique magazine means a magazine featuring sexually suggestive photographs of muscular men in athletic poses, presented in the guise of bodybuilding but intended as homosexual erotic imagery at a time when this was socially unacceptable.
What part of speech is physique magazine?
Physique magazine is a noun.
What is the plural of physique magazine?
The plural of physique magazine is physique magazines.

Words near physique magazine in the dictionary

  1. physiotype
  2. physiotypes
  3. physioxia
  4. physioxic
  5. physique
  6. physique magazine
  7. physique magazines
  8. physiqued
  9. physiques
  10. physis
  11. physisorbed

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