Lumbersexual

Quick meaning: Lumbersexual is a noun meaning (slang, sometimes attributive) An urban man who affects a rugged, outdoorsy look, typified by plaid shirts and a full beard.

Meaning

(slang, sometimes attributive) An urban man who affects a rugged, outdoorsy look, typified by plaid shirts and a full beard.

Example Sentences

From the rise of the lumbersexual, outdoorsmen's answer to the metrosexual, to the use of beards to sell anything from clothing to beer, beards are cool once again.

My beef isn’t with glamping, despite its issues (unfortunate portmanteau, the image of lumbersexuals playing Ralph Lauren at summer camp). But keep it out of our parks.

Trend-hunters announced last year that we had reached “peak beard”, saturation point with the sort of facial hair that has become the calling card of the urban hipster or “lumbersexual”.

Word Forms

• lumbersexuals

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lumberjack, lumber, lumberer, lumberjill, woodchopper, lubber.

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