Informal a fashionable, typically urban, heterosexual man interested in his personal appearance to a degree traditionally associated with women or homosexual men
Origin of metrosexual
metro + -sexual, as in homosexual, heterosexual, and the like
noun
The definition of metrosexual is an urban man who is concerned about his grooming and appearance.
An example of a metrosexual is a man who gets his eyebrows waxed.
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noun
A heterosexual man who is sensitive to stereotypic feminine interests and is very concerned with personal appearance, as in grooming and dressing stylishly.
Origin of metrosexual
Blend of metropolitan heterosexual ( coined punningly by Mark Simpson (born 1965), British author and journalist )Related Forms:
- met′ro·sex′u·al
adjective
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Sentence Examples
- While Ryan has never given a definitive answer to questions about his sexuality, he did tell Tyra Banks that he is a "metrosexual."
- Zoolander Fashion Show - The Ben Stiller character "Zoolander" was famous for being androgynous and "metrosexual".
- Overall, this is a sophisticated rustic Syrah, a sort of a metrosexual Paul Bunyan.
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