different between beefcake vs beefcakey

English

Alternative forms

• beef-cake

Etymology

From beef +? cake, by analogy with cheesecake (“an image of a sexy young woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bi?f?ke?k/

Noun

beefcake (countable and uncountable, plural beefcakes)

1. (informal, uncountable) Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.

   Coordinate term: cheesecake

2. (informal, countable) Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.

   Synonyms: lady-killer, hunk, adonis

   • 2014, Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes: A Novel, Simon and Schuster (?ISBN)

     The audience goes bugshit. The security beefcakes separate them and the host gets between them, talking in a voice that is soothing on top, inciteful beneath.

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beef,? cake.
   • 1998, Jessie Tirsch, McGuire's Irish Pub Cookbook, Pelican, page 145:

     Beefcake with Burgundy Mushroom Cream

Related terms

• beefy

Translations

Further reading

• beefcake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

beefcake +? -y

Adjective

beefcakey (comparative more beefcakey, superlative most beefcakey)

1. In the style of beefcake (mildly erotic depictions of men).