Meaning of hardbody | Babel Free

Definitions

An attractive body enhanced through weightlifting.

Examples

“"This town's stuffed with A-list hardbody superbabes," he confided in me — "Idaho farm girls, preacher's daughters from Ohio, Alabama college girls — every last cute-assed one of them wants to be an actress.”

“No hardbody, Maria's was a soft, squishy middle, probably from a few too many whipped cream indulgences on shift.”

“Certainly the action heroine is often filmed to accentuate her body, but this new hardbody is not offered up as a mere sexual commodity. While the well-toned muscular female body is obviously an ideal in this age of physical fitness, it is presented in these films as first and foremost a functional body, a weapon. ... Where once stood silicone-injected breasts and delicate shoulders, now stands ripped pecs and striated delts.”

“The “hardbody film,” a term that was first coined by Susan Jeffords, is defined by Drew Ayers as: ... What is unique to this cycle of films is the focus on the body of the male hero, a body that is fetishized for its hard and sculpted muscularity and/or its athletic skill and physical prowess.”

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