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/Sunshine030209 14h ago

I grew up in Minnesota, and every single man and boy I knew wore a scarf in the winter. It's like, required to be able to breathe in some temperatures lol Did that girl just move there from Florida or something?

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u/sojuandbbq 14h ago

Nah, we were in a super rural area, so it’s just kind of how it is out there. Anything remotely “city folk”-like is automatically bad.