The next person who uses the word *Metrosexual *incorrectly gets a foot in the ass.
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Comments
Beth Barlow
21 April 2004
Would calling you a metrosexual be using the word incorrectly? Just wonderin’!
David Emerson
21 April 2004
I’m with you on this one.
How I hate that word . . .
Joshua Works
⚡ Officious badass ⚡
21 April 2004
Ha! No. That really wasn’t my intent. I don’t think I’ve ever been directly called a “metrosexual,” which honestly surprises me because I’m probably pretty Guilty, under most definitions.
I looked for some formal definitions on the web — and if you did too, then you’ve probably already read this one — but it was scary how well this one fit me:
A metrosexual is a straight man who styles his hair using three different products (and actually calls them “products”), loves clothes and the very act of shopping for them, and describes himself as sensitive and romantic. In other words, he is a man who seems stereotypically gay except when it comes to sexual orientation.
Yeah: so that’s me to a tee, with the exception of the self-proclaimed “romanticity.” I’ve never confused my potential for being Charming as actual evidence that I’m a Romantic. Just a friendly coincidence. I’m far too lazy and shyly-confident to be romantic.
Really, my peeve is how often the word is used, mostly just for the effect of letting people know the word is in the speaker’s vocabulary. Like, in the pre-1999 years, when people would say, “Oh gosh, I’m so tired I could sleep for a millenium” and those who weren’t quite acquainted with the word yet, in those pre-Y2K days, would be filled with extreme levels of vocab-envy.
Seriously, those days existed.
I think a good contemporary example is “caveat.” In the last semester, I’m sure I’ve heard the word used three or four times incorrectly.
The bigger problem, perhaps, is that I’m too much a stickler for the right word. (Hears Tony laughing — Tony pointed out a couple of instances in my USA2 journal where I confused the proper use of a word to my embarassment — whatever — I didn’t have any reference tools with me).
PS -> “The difference between the almost-right word & the right word is… the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.” Mark Twain.
Beth Barlow
21 April 2004
Would calling you a metrosexual be using the word incorrectly? Just wonderin’!
David Emerson
21 April 2004
I’m with you on this one.
How I hate that word . . .
Joshua Works
⚡ Officious badass ⚡
21 April 2004
Ha! No. That really wasn’t my intent. I don’t think I’ve ever been directly called a “metrosexual,” which honestly surprises me because I’m probably pretty Guilty, under most definitions.
I looked for some formal definitions on the web — and if you did too, then you’ve probably already read this one — but it was scary how well this one fit me:
A metrosexual is a straight man who styles his hair using three different products (and actually calls them “products”), loves clothes and the very act of shopping for them, and describes himself as sensitive and romantic. In other words, he is a man who seems stereotypically gay except when it comes to sexual orientation.
Yeah: so that’s me to a tee, with the exception of the self-proclaimed “romanticity.” I’ve never confused my potential for being Charming as actual evidence that I’m a Romantic. Just a friendly coincidence. I’m far too lazy and shyly-confident to be romantic.
Really, my peeve is how often the word is used, mostly just for the effect of letting people know the word is in the speaker’s vocabulary. Like, in the pre-1999 years, when people would say, “Oh gosh, I’m so tired I could sleep for a millenium” and those who weren’t quite acquainted with the word yet, in those pre-Y2K days, would be filled with extreme levels of vocab-envy.
Seriously, those days existed.
I think a good contemporary example is “caveat.” In the last semester, I’m sure I’ve heard the word used three or four times incorrectly.
The bigger problem, perhaps, is that I’m too much a stickler for the right word. (Hears Tony laughing — Tony pointed out a couple of instances in my USA2 journal where I confused the proper use of a word to my embarassment — whatever — I didn’t have any reference tools with me).
PS -> “The difference between the almost-right word & the right word is… the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.” Mark Twain.