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The term "lookism" grew in popularity in the 1970s within the fat acceptance movement. It was used in The Washington Post Magazine in 1978, which asserted that the term was coined by fat people who created the word to refer to "discrimination based on looks." [7] The word appears in several major English language dictionaries. [8]
The physical attractiveness stereotype was first formally observed in a study done by Karen Dion, Ellen Berscheid, and Elaine Walster in 1972. [1] The goal of this study was to determine whether physical attractiveness affected how individuals were perceived, specifically whether they were perceived to have more socially desirable personality traits and quality of life.
(informal) very good (old-fashioned, or consciously used as old-fashioned, associated stereotypically with upper-class people) (US: spiffy) spiv a dealer in black market goods (during World War II). The term wide boy is also often used in the same sense spliff * (slang) a hand-rolled cigarette containing a mixture of marijuana and tobacco, also ...
A "stud" is a dominant lesbian in the LGBT community. The term originated with construction and animal breeding, before being associated with promiscuous or attractive men. [46] The word made its way into AAVE through jive in the 1940s. [47] [48] The African-American lesbian community then adopted the word, meaning "masculine African-American ...
These are cues or characteristics that people in a society agree indicate how much status a person holds and how they should be treated. [10] Such symbols can include the possession of valued attributes, like being beautiful or having a prestigious degree. Other status symbols include wealth and its display through conspicuous consumption. [11]
While slang terms are usually short-lived coinages and figures of speech, cool is an especially ubiquitous slang word, most notably among young people. As well as being understood throughout the English-speaking world, the word has even entered the vocabulary of several languages outside English, and several languages have their own words for ...
Cooley takes into account three steps when defining "the looking glass self". Step one is the imagination of our appearance from another person’s perspective. Step two is the imagination of the person's judgment of us. Step three is an emotional reaction such as pride or shame, based on the judgment attributed to the other person. [3]
Colorism in India was also fed by the attitudes of Europeans, who favored lighter-skinned people for administrative positions and other prominent social positions, so power was conceptually intertwined with light skin. [39] Rich Indians often tend to be light-skinned due to less exposure to the sun. Also, individuals were judged by their ...