Re: [NTLK] [OT] What is a Metro-sexual (was: What the heck's a man-bag?)

From: Andrew Beals (bandy_at_cinnamon.com)
Date: Mon Jan 19 2004 - 12:28:24 PST


palardyn_at_shaw.ca said:
> On 17-Jan-04, at 10:03 PM, Ed Kummel wrote:
>> Metro-sexual...
> sorry but I think this is just another contrived term probably sprung from
> some fashion industry "guru's" lips and now everyone uses it

Actually, it was coined by a Brit journalist in '94, but only recently became
a hot commodity with this summer's "Queer Eye" success. It also got added to
the OED last year.

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