variants or body shamer
plural body-shamers or body shamers
: a person who subjects someone to body-shaming
A YouTuber has hit back at body shamers by proudly showing off her body in a bikini after bring cruelly criticized her for not having big enough boobs or a large butt. Olivia Elgart
Hyland has been targeted countless times before by body shamers who call her too thin and, even more shockingly, accuse her of having an eating disorder. Andrea Park

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Sweeney, 27, recently clapped back at body-shamers with a risqué photo shoot on Instagram. Catherine Santino, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024 In her most recent clapback at online body-shamers, Kate Beckinsale shed more light on the health issues that landed her in the hospital earlier this year. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

2010, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of body-shamer was in 2010

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“Body-shamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body-shamer. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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