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[bod] / bɒd /




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Determined to get rid of his "dad bod", Sion decided to transform his health, documenting his journey on YouTube and Instagram.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2026

And don’t get complacent with your dad bod.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

Jeremy Allen White put his bulked-up bod to the test in ‘The Iron Claw.’

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 10, 2024

This week the Internet went wild over Steve's angry man bod, glimpsed as he channels his rage into a speed bag installed in what used to be the bedroom he shared with his estranged wife.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2023

O. Sw. boð, Norse bud, Sw. bod, Dan. dial. bod.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom

We’re talking cameras and sensors that automate line calls, as if your clash of the dad bods were the Wimbledon final.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 2026

A few of the Elvis outfits on dad bods looked pretty rundown or were ripped in unfortunate places.

From New York Times May 6, 2022

Now curling — a sport more often thought of as a pastoral pastime played by amateurs with dad bods and day jobs — is also turning to number-crunching.

From Seattle Times Feb. 17, 2022

The men looked like retired hockey players who had eased themselves into dad bods.

From The New Yorker Aug. 20, 2016

Here, Ralph, the Bottle, Rogue, of Sack, ye Rascal; hadst thou been a Butler worth hanging, thou wou'dst have met us at the door with it.—Ods bods, Sweet-heart, thy health.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Montague Summers




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