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A child-man behaves, acts, and thinks like a man, but is a child at heart. They are having fun and enjoying life to the fullest, all with the mindset of growth, experience, and everything it means to be a man (up to you!)

They can be of any age ranging from 10-100.

All they have to do is do what they do well and have fun doing it!

A child-man never seeks to hurt, harm, or make others worry or feel less significant than they are.
Noun: a person with a purposeful mind and a loving heart.
Ex) Jason is such a child-man, he even remembered I like salsa on my tacos when he made them for me.

Ex) Person 1: “He might be a child-man”

Person 2: “what do you mean?”

Person 1: “The way he moves and acts, he’s probably thinking about so many things at once but he’s so calm and friendly.”

Person 2: “and that smile…”

Both: Dreamy
by MisterBot February 12, 2022
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The reverse of a man child. When someone sees a man child they say that person needs to grow up.

A child man possesses immature traits and is grown up. But everyone they know sees them as mature, even though their immaturity affects the most important adult parts in their lives. Everyone either ignores the immaturity and/or justifies it. The person just looks foolish.
What a child man Tom is. His wife wanted to have a baby, he said he couldn’t believe she wanted to do that.

His parents told her that she should know that he couldn’t handle her being pregnant and babies freak him out.
by Nightsword5 December 4, 2025
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manchild

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An adult male who still posesses psychological traits of a child. Traits include, but are not necessarily limited to:
- whining
- pettyness
- trying to pass the blame for their own underdeveloped judgement
- not "stepping up to the plate" when it's their role to.
- secretly still finds 3rd grade bathroom humor amusing.
- is able to connect with his children, but only as another child, not as a father.
- not to mention an overall insecurity in who he is as a man, from which similar traits sprout.

The manchild, if married, is often found married to Type A women (usually firstborn or only child in their own family) who reluctantly yet aptly take up the slack for the aforementioned manchild.

This manchild will often attempt to augment their lack and/or compete with peers with material posessions such as:
- Harley Davidson Softtail with $30 do-rag
- Hummer H2 or similar oversized fossil-fuel guzzling behemoth
- 6 seat felt poker table with matching humidor
- The very latest electronic gadgets (digital camera, GPS handheld, etc.) to impress peers with.
These examples reflect some of the psychological traits mentioned above, and some that aren't:

Ray from "Everybody Loves Raymond"
Doug from "King of Queens"
Dad from "Malcolm in the Middle"
George Costanza from "Seinfeld"
Al from "Married with Children"
by Rex Cavendish May 19, 2005
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Due to the general acceptance of 'manchild' as an unwanted negative stigma, let me offer an alternative take to the definition. A manchild is not necessarily bad, in fact it can be a good trait. A manchild could come to mean that the person retains childish aspects that are beneficial. For example, the childish aspect of being playful and finding playfulness in everyday sober life is beneficial to one's mental health. It could also imply the male individual retaining the "cute" and "bubbly" aspects from childhood that are often lost in adulthood (because of society's expectations for men to be rational and to hide their emotions). Furthermore, a manchild may still crush on a women and have infatuated feelings for them, and that's perfectly okay.

So in conclusion: manchild..... not a bad thing per se.
Me: Omg, my co-worker is soooo beautiful!! I think I have a crush on her. Like I'm legit obsessed.
Somebody: Are you a manchild? Just ask her out, maybe you'll get to fuck her some day.....
Me: If manchild implies being able to crush on someone, then yes I am. Sigh... why do you always assume that the end goal for everything is sex? Maybe I just like the ephemeral feeling of being infatuated, nothing wrong with that. It's like enjoying the journey more than the destination, you know what I mean?
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