sexpot

English

Etymology

From sex +‎ pot.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɛks.pɒt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛks.pɑt/
    • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

sexpot (plural sexpots)

  1. (informal) A sexy person. [from 1930s]
    • 2019, Amanda Konkle, Some Kind of Mirror: Creating Marilyn Monroe‎[1], Rutgers University Press, →ISBN:
      Rather than asking her to play a shallow sexpot, Clash by Night and Don't Bother to Knock ask Monroe to play women with strong opinions and complex psyches.
    • 2022 November 1, Alexis Soloski, “Christina Applegate Pours One Out for ‘Dead to Me’”, in The New York Times‎[2], →ISSN:
      After appearing in commercials and soaps as a child, Applegate broke out as a teenage sexpot on the long-running Fox sitcom “Married With Children,” then won an Emmy for her work on “Friends.”

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