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man of leisure 

A man whose wealth and/or social position allow him to pursue pleasurable social, cultural, and athletic hobbies or pasttimes, rather than employment.
Upscale skank to Majordomo: "Where's Mr. Mucketymuck this morning?

Majordomo's haughty response: "As you known, Mr. Mucketymuck is a Man of Leisure, he's getting in a round of golf prior to polo this afternoon at the club. He instructed me to have the car return you to your home whenever you're ready to depart."
man of leisure by Mr. Big July 15, 2006
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Man of leisure 

Originally used to describe a man of independent wealth who could pursue whichever interests he so chose while the average man was busy working. The term was used by pimps to describe the lifestyle they had embraced.
Momma - "Boy, how you get all this money? I know you ain't workin for it."

Son - "Momma, you know I'm a man of leisure."

Momma - "Is that what they're callin it these days. You just a pimp and a mack. You ain't foolin no one, boy!"
Man of leisure by Suvonoge August 14, 2008

international man of leisure 

A man whose tremendous wealth, social position, grooming, and worldleness allow him to pursue pleasurable social, cultural, and athletic hobbies or pasttimes, rather than employment.
Bartender: "Hey, seriously, what does Pete Dick do for a living?"
The Cooker: "I really shouldn't say..."
Bartender: "Come on, I won't tell anyone, please?"
The Cooker: "well, he is an international man of leisure."
Bartender: "woa, what is that?"
The Cooker: "well, basically it means he globe trots jacking for beats and each day finds time to Irish himself."

international man of leisure 

The grown children of diplomats and airline workers, these men and women enjoy the benefits of zero priced international flights and parental wealth to expand their catalog of adventurous travel tales. These tales are then used to entertain and amaze their dispersed harem of bimbos and university aged friends.
Ex. Being an international man of leisure Norfolk had a full schedule this week. Monkey boxing and karaoke in Tokyo on Monday, dropping acid in the Himalayas on Wednesday, and back in England for high tea with the royal family by Friday.
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
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An armpit enthusiast — typically of the scent, appearance, and touch of hairy underarms.
That dude’s such a pitpig, I have to wear deodorant to keep him at bay.
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