Retrosexual
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A man who embraces traditional masculinity in his dress and behavior.
"Think of him as the anti-metrosexual, the opposite of that guy who emerged in the 1990s in all his pedicured, moussed-up, skinny-jeans glory. That man-boy was searching for his inner girl, it was argued. The retrosexual, however, wants to put the man back into manhood."
- 2 One who has not had sex in a very long time. humorous
"It's been so long I've become a retrosexual."
Example
More examples"Think of him as the anti-metrosexual, the opposite of that guy who emerged in the 1990s in all his pedicured, moussed-up, skinny-jeans glory. That man-boy was searching for his inner girl, it was argued. The retrosexual, however, wants to put the man back into manhood."
Etymology
Blend of retro + metrosexual. Apparently coined in the early 2000s by blogger Grau Magus.
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