different between metrosexual vs retrosexual

English

Etymology

Blend of metropolitan +? heterosexual. Coined by journalist Mark Simpson in 1994.

Pronunciation

Noun

metrosexual (plural metrosexuals)

1. A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such as personal grooming, fashion, and aesthetics in general.
2. A heterosexual man who is seen, sociologically, as having attributes common to homosexuals.

Synonyms

• boulevardier
• dandy (19th Century)
• fop (19th Century)
• dude, dood (archaic)
• man about town
• masher (archaic)

Translations

Adjective

metrosexual (comparative more metrosexual, superlative most metrosexual)

1. Of or relating to a metrosexual or the metrosexual lifestyle.

See also

• ambisexual
• gender-bender
• unisex
• machosexual
• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

References

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /m?.t?o.s?k.su?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /m?.t?u.s?k.su?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /me.t?o.sek.su?al/

Noun

metrosexual m (plural metrosexuals)

1. metrosexual

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Noun

metrosexual m (plural metrosexuales)

1. metrosexual

Adjective

metrosexual (plural metrosexuales)

1. metrosexual

English

Alternative forms

• retro-sexual

Etymology

Blend of retro +? metrosexual. Apparently coined in the early 2000s by blogger Grau Magus.

Noun

retrosexual (plural retrosexuals)

1. 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.

2. (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