Merriam-Webster Says “Stranger Things” Actor Has Official Dad Bod

December 10, 2017

There are dad bods, and there is THE dad bod, according to Merriam-Webster. Just check out this tweet from the dictionary brand:

In ‘dad bod,’ the word ‘dad’ is technically still a noun. ‘Daddest bod,’ however, would make it an adjective. https://t.co/m7CyzRLgnH pic.twitter.com/2LnmL1SBnT

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) December 8, 2017

So, according to Merriam, David Harbour, also known as police chief Jim Hopper on the Netflix hit series Stranger Things, is now the epitome of the dad bod. And if you thought Harbour might be excited about the new title, you’d be right. Look at some tweets originally noticed by Nerdist that Harbour had in response to the big announcement.

Holy hell @MerriamWebster .

The old joke. When you look up ______ in the dictionary you see his face.

Now I am living in this joke. https://t.co/Bi5mXHLyBi

— David Harbour (@DavidKHarbour) December 8, 2017

danielle, go easy on them. there’s no way they could have known that i would emerge from brief character appearances in movies you never saw and come jiggling and flapping with all my excess midsection into the limelight. i stand on the soft shoulders of great dad bods before me https://t.co/4hwfhDtolY

— David Harbour (@DavidKHarbour) November 12, 2017