"retrosexual" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: retrosexuals [plural]
Etymology: Blend of retro + metrosexual. Apparently coined in the early 2000s by blogger Grau Magus. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|retro|metrosexual}} Blend of retro + metrosexual Head templates: {{en-noun}} retrosexual (plural retrosexuals)
  1. A man who embraces traditional masculinity in his dress and behavior.
    Sense id: en-retrosexual-en-noun-1d~0kukd
  2. (humorous) One who has not had sex in a very long time. Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-retrosexual-en-noun-F~2OnLvA Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English blends: 22 78 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: retro-sexual Related terms: metrosexual, retrosexuality, retrosexism

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2010 April 7, Lini S. Kadaba, Philadelphia Inquirer",
          "text": "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.",
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