Most gay guys are dissopointed to find out that Zach is only metrosexual and not gay.
Sorry Zach, we love you anyway ;)
Sorry Zach, we love you anyway ;)
by grizzguard February 28, 2005
A man who is emotionally sensitive and aware, verbal and communicative, physically fit, clean, has manners, smells good, and often enjoys fashion, beauty products, entertaining, and interior design. A metrosexual has a sophisticated aesthetic and often a well developed feminine side. Because of the metrosexual's expression of what are considered in the U.S. traditional female characteristics, metrosexuals are often mistaken for closeted gays.
by KimW December 6, 2005
A metrosexual is a young, good looking urban male who takes care of his appearance from head to toe by bodybuilding, styling his hair, waxing his brows, using lotions, wearing perfume and has even considered plastic surgery. He has a keen interest in fashion, cooking, brand names, interior decorating, nice cars, especially convertibles. He's sociable, charming and always finds success with women. But he can be vain, ego-centric, emotional, overdramatic, jealous and nit-picky.
by R.J.D. September 3, 2005
heterosexual male who appears slightly gay due to his impeccable sense of style, belief in designer hygiene, and willingness to emote. by definition, a metrosexual must be male due to the sterotype that women are usually conscientious of these things from the beginning.
by fresh meat March 14, 2005
A young man who has refined tastes in urban art, fashion, cuisine, literature, high culture and generally processes liberal political and social views. Despite common misconceptions metrosexuality can encompass all sexual orientations and doesn't always suggest homosexuality.
1) The character James Bond and actors Tom Hardy and Brad Pitt can be considered metrosexual.
2) Chris:"Why does that man have 10 pairs of shoes?"
John:"It's because he's metrosexual. I've meet him before and he's very good at parties."
2) Chris:"Why does that man have 10 pairs of shoes?"
John:"It's because he's metrosexual. I've meet him before and he's very good at parties."
by Devil'sAdvocate August 25, 2010
by juztice June 15, 2004
A term coined in the mid-90's by British journalist Mark Simpson. He defined it as applying to men regardless of sexual orientation, but he first applied it to David Beckham, apparently as an alternative to “heterosexual”, with which it obviously rhymes. Mark Simpson’s definition starts: “The typical metrosexual is a young man with money to spend, living in or within easy reach of a metropolis . . .” In current use, it almost always applies to straight guys; but with the inference that their fascination with fashion and appearance matches stereotyped assumptions about gays. Thus, it's something of a third alternative to the hetero-/homosexual dichotomy: an urban straight guy with stereotypical “gay” interests. At first it was a neutral descriptive, and was jumped on by marketing types eager to start selling more overpriced clothes and skin/hair products to notoriously shopping-shy males. But as it evolved in mainstream use, the term gradually picked up a pejorative connotation, much as its close cousin, “yuppie”, did in prior decades; not because of its sexual implications, but rather because of its “snotty, rich young show-off trying too hard” image, and the vague sour-grapes suspicion that such guys get to sleep with hotter and classier women. Although the term has become pejorative, it hasn't stopped the practice. There are still plenty of metrosexuals (and yuppies); they just wouldn't want to be called that.
It has spawned a counter-term: “retrosexual”, presumably a guy whose preferred evening wear is jeans or Dockers, an untucked Bengal-striped dress shirt, white gym socks and Kenneth Cole loafers. There's also a synonym: uber-sexual, which is basically a celebrity willing to flaunt his metrosexuality (e.g., Beckham). The latter word hasn't really caught on.
It has spawned a counter-term: “retrosexual”, presumably a guy whose preferred evening wear is jeans or Dockers, an untucked Bengal-striped dress shirt, white gym socks and Kenneth Cole loafers. There's also a synonym: uber-sexual, which is basically a celebrity willing to flaunt his metrosexuality (e.g., Beckham). The latter word hasn't really caught on.
OK, I may have enough metrosexual in me to drop 400 bucks for a pair of Ferragamos, but I'm damned if I'll start highlighting my hair. That's a line in the metrosexual sand I'm not crossing.
by JerseyJohn April 20, 2006