About

"Dad Bod" is an expression used to describe an adult male physique marked by developed muscle mass accompanied by a protruding stomach referred to as a "beer gut."

Origin

October 15th, 2009, Urban Dictionary user Topgear1 submitted an entry for "dad bod," defining it as "someone who has the body of a dad."

Spread

The phrase was seldom used online until August 19th, 2014, when the men's interest blog Total Frat Move published an article titled "Have a Dad Body? Don't Change a Thing." On January 20th, 2015, the Instagram feed College Dad Bods was launched. On March 30th, the pop culture blog The Odyssey published an article titled "Why Girls Love The Dad Bod," listing several reasons why a man with a beer gut would be considered attractive by women.





On April 29th, Redditor omgilovePopScience submitted The Odyssey article to the /r/fatlogic subreddit. On April 30th, BuzzFeed published an article titled "DadBody Is The Body All Men Should Strive For," highlighting several examples of dad bods. On May 2nd, Redditor trpbox submitted a post titled "'The Dad Bod' – Don't you fucking dare buy into it" to the /r/TheRedPill subreddit. In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the "dad bod" trend, including GQ, Business Insider and Slate.

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