EYE CANDY Definition & Meaning

eye candy

noun

Slang. someone or something that is visually attractive or pleasing but is usually considered to lack worth or merit.

eye candy

noun

a person who is or people considered highly attractive to look at, often implying that they are but lacking in intelligence or depth
something intended to be attractive to the eye without being demanding or contributing anything essential

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of eye candy¹

First recorded in 1980–85

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The New York Times called it “a stunning, emotional production that ”leads with movement, eye candy and awe.”

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Though the aurora borealis is harmless eye candy, some of the particles flung at high speed by the sun towards earth can disrupt electronics on earth and in orbit.

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Aesthetes visiting after a year’s absence will find an abundance of eye candy in neighborhoods like TriBeCa, Chelsea and the Lower East Side.

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In the documentary, she said she thought her character was “like kid eye candy” and that the show’s jokes had inappropriate sexual undertones.

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But in the director Jessica Stone’s stunning, emotional production, it leads with movement, eye candy and awe.

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