retrosexual
English
Alternative forms
- retro-sexual
Etymology
Blend of retro + metrosexual. Apparently coined in the early 2000s by blogger Grau Magus.[1]
Noun
retrosexual (plural retrosexuals)
- A man who embraces traditional masculinity in his dress and behavior.
- 2010 April 7, Lini S. Kadaba, Philadelphia Inquirer:
- 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.
- 2010 April 7, Lini S. Kadaba, Philadelphia Inquirer:
- (humorous) One who has not had sex in a very long time.
- It's been so long I've become a retrosexual.
See also
retrosexual on Wikipedia.Wikipedia- metrosexual
- retrosexuality
- retrosexism
References
- http://michellemalkin.com/2004/07/29/no-girlie-men-allowed/