And what's the difference between those words and "skinny", do you think?
Because honestly, I haven't a clue, either.
Growing up I thought that "thin" meant TOO THIN. As did skinny. Skinny meant underweight and scrawny. Definitely not the most attractive option.
I'm only 39 and suddenly I found my whole generation wanted to be "thin" or "skinny", and even admired these states. I still have a reflex of thinking that skinny is "gaunt" and unhealthily underweight, or at least below an ideal body size.
But slim (to me) would just mean nothing spare. Not necessarily "thin" or "skinny", just about a nudge under average weight but still in the optimal range, perhaps.
Personally I still don't see what's attractive about "skinny". No man wants to lack muscles, no woman wants to lack curves. Skinny is what undeveloped kids, flat-chested spotty teenage girls with legs stretching to forever and under-fed sports-mad teenage boys are. Grown-ups aren't supposed to be "skinny".
So, since you asked, slim is a healthy size. Thin is underweight. In My Humble Opinion.
Of course, if you look in a dictionary, you won't find much difference between the terms. And in popular usage, they mean, in fact, pretty much the same things.
Because honestly, I haven't a clue, either.
Growing up I thought that "thin" meant TOO THIN. As did skinny. Skinny meant underweight and scrawny. Definitely not the most attractive option.
I'm only 39 and suddenly I found my whole generation wanted to be "thin" or "skinny", and even admired these states. I still have a reflex of thinking that skinny is "gaunt" and unhealthily underweight, or at least below an ideal body size.
But slim (to me) would just mean nothing spare. Not necessarily "thin" or "skinny", just about a nudge under average weight but still in the optimal range, perhaps.
Personally I still don't see what's attractive about "skinny". No man wants to lack muscles, no woman wants to lack curves. Skinny is what undeveloped kids, flat-chested spotty teenage girls with legs stretching to forever and under-fed sports-mad teenage boys are. Grown-ups aren't supposed to be "skinny".
So, since you asked, slim is a healthy size. Thin is underweight. In My Humble Opinion.
Of course, if you look in a dictionary, you won't find much difference between the terms. And in popular usage, they mean, in fact, pretty much the same things.
