ARM CANDY Definition & Meaning

arm candy

Slang.

a very attractive person who accompanies someone on a date, as at a public event, but is not romantically involved with that person.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of arm candy¹

1990–95

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“We’re not arm candy. We have things to bring to the table.”

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I was recently in New Orleans, where I was on a walking tour with a woman and her husband; he was wearing a T-shirt that read, "It's not easy being my wife's arm candy."

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If an equally attractive woman had worn a shirt that read, "It's not easy being my husband's arm candy," it would have come across as bragging, no?

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My daughter was getting married, and I needed an escort — arm candy.

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“She used me as arm candy,” Mr. Olver said jokingly.

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