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  • noun Attributive form of size zero

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Examples

  • Various ideas have been mooted over the years on the topic of how to regulate the fashion industry — from the idea of "banning" size-zero models why stop there?

    Body Image Is More Than Skin Deep Tina Gaudoin 2011

  • Think of an entire section of the media transformed into jeering, finger-pointing Nelson from The Simpsons: "Ha ha, Nigella is worried about how she'd compare, standing next to size-zero, 20-year-old hotties in dental-floss thongs."

    Just for a moment, I wanted a burkini too | Barbara Ellen 2011

  • A spokesman for Zazzle UK told the British newspaper: Zazzle does not have a specific comment on the 'size-zero slogan' merchandise.

    'Nothing Tastes As Good As Skinny Feels' Now Available On A Onesie (PHOTOS, POLL) 2011

  • I'm not interested in banning the size-zero model, but I am interested in encouraging the use of healthy-looking models and role models in the worlds of fashion, celebrity and music.

    Body Image Is More Than Skin Deep Tina Gaudoin 2011

  • Sporty details abound: Speedo and tacho dials get equal prominence, unencumbered by integrated displays; the steering has thicker hand-holds and a sporty diameter; the gear lever is a handful of metal, not the size-zero lever of the earlier 5.

    Black or White? Sirish Chandran 2010

  • Sporty details abound: Speedo and tacho dials get equal prominence, unencumbered by integrated displays; the steering has thicker hand-holds and a sporty diameter; the gear lever is a handful of metal, not the size-zero lever of the earlier 5.

    Black or White? 2010

  • Even theoretically simpatico titles such as Vogue and Cosmo pander to an airbrushed and illusory size-zero culture.

    Pornography is far too complicated to distil into a smart T-shirt slogan Helen Walsh 2010

  • Sporty details abound: Speedo and tacho dials get equal prominence, unencumbered by integrated displays; the steering has thicker hand-holds and a sporty diameter; the gear lever is a handful of metal, not the size-zero lever of the earlier 5.

    BMW vs. Mercedes: An Indian View 2010

  • Coolidge is witheringly dismissive of size-zero nobodies like Paris Hilton, and when Sophia Loren credits rosewater for her smooth skin, Coolidge cocks a plucked eyebrow.

    Jennifer Coolidge 2010

  • She was, in fact, a significant precursor of the cult of the size-zero model.

    Still lives 2010

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