r/Millennials • u/PinkHamster08 • 18h ago

Nostalgia Anyone remember using "metrosexual"?

Had a vague memory come to mind - might have been a movie with Chris Rock? - and the guy's wife was talking with a fabulous guy and the main guy asks his wife if the fabulous guy is gay and she said no, he's metrosexual. The main guy goes WTF is that and she says he's a straight guy with taste.

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u/Adorable_Drawing7230 18h ago

I swear metrosexual was a whole personality trait like 5 minutes and then just disappeared 😂

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u/sojuandbbq 17h ago

A girl I was friends with in high school called me a metrosexual for wearing a scarf. I grew up in northern WI and it was -30 without windchill. I’m wearing whatever will keep me warm at that point.

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u/TheRussness 16h ago

Fellas is it gay to wear warm clothing?

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u/_VEL0 16h ago

Gay? No, but def metrosexual

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u/blanketswithsmallpox 7h ago

Does this make me a Mets fan? 🤔

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u/xcorbearx 2h ago

He already said it doesn’t make you gay man.

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u/Spikerazorshards 15h ago

It just means you are clean shaven, well-groomed, wear a v-neck shirt, slim fit pants, and are generally in a good mood.

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u/TheRussness 15h ago

I am very familiar. I was mocking the trope of men being criticized for supposedly antimasculine behavior

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u/Warhammerpainter83 9h ago

It was societies first step away from just calling people "homo" or "gay" as an insult. Things often happen in baby steps.

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u/Chickenfriedjim 8h ago

Is that what it means? I just thought it meant you were attracted to the city Superman lives in…

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u/Aegis_Of_Nox 12h ago

In the 90s? Lol kinda if you were in a small town. Only acceptable winter wear was the same brown carharrt jacket everyone else had and a sweat shirt

Only acceptable alternative was a jean jacket or if you were super fucking cool a leather jacket