skinnymalinksとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Uncertain. Possibly from a Scottish children's song, Skinamalinky Long Leg, about a thin man and his adventures.

名詞

skinnymalinks (plural skinnymalinkses)

1. (informal, UK, dated in US) A skinny person.

   Near-synonyms: skin and bones, spindleshanks; see also Thesaurus:thin person

   • 1995, Emma Donoghue, Hood, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 202:

     'But she's a skinnymalinks.'
     'She had lots of puppyfat before puberty stretched her out. […]

   • 1995 April 9, Wallace Arnold, “Lunch and a little light bulimia with friends”, in The Independent:

     Too often, the media have played down the positive aspects of bulimia, displaying endless photographs of skinnymalinkses, none of whom look as if they could down more than as dozen tubes of Pringles (haven't you tried them? oh but you must!) without leaving the lavatory in a state of disarray.

   • 1999, Marian Keyes, Last Chance Saloon, Poolbeg, →ISBN, page 423:

     'Oh, Lord, you've turned into a right skinnymalinks,' she noticed. 'Is that because of the boyfriend?'

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