thinspo

[ thin-spoh ]

noun

, Informal.

1. thinspiration ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of thinspo¹

First recorded in 2005–10; shortening and alteration of thinspiration ( def )

Example Sentences

The company surfaces one of Ms. Cooney’s fashion videos among its top search results for “thinspo,” a common phrase that refers to “thin inspiration,” along with compilations of videos that originally appeared on TikTok.

From New York Times

After spending a lot of time in her teen years reading “thinspo blogs” — blogs that encourage and fetishize thin appearances, often to the point of praising anorexia — Ms. Ferreira said she needed to adjust the way she thought about food.

From New York Times

I think my ideal reaction to the world’s thinspo would be a coolly pitying sigh, but I’m not there yet.

From Slate

The word, Curvy, has been added to Instagram’s banned list of search terms, which include #sex, #nude and #thinspo.

From Time

Users were left puzzled by the decision, saying that the body-positive term, curvy, was harmless when compared to the banned hashtag #thinspo, which glorified pro-anorexia sites.

From Time