lumbersexual

American  

[luhm-ber-sek-shoo-uhl] / ˌlʌm bərˈsɛk ʃu əl /

noun

1. a man whose style of dress and appearance is reminiscent of the ruggedly masculine stereotype of the lumberjack, as in wearing plaid shirts and having a beard.

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adjective

1. pertaining to or being a lumbersexual.

   I like his lumbersexual aesthetic.

Other Word Forms

• lumbersexuality noun

Etymology

Origin of lumbersexual

First recorded in 2010–15; lumber(jack) ( def. ) + -sexual ( def. 2 )

Example Sentences

But the final shots find Dexter in some frozen waste, having grown a lumbersexual beard and invested heavily in flannel.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2021

Until then, she was just redecorating Hopper’s lumbersexual man cave by using her mind and throwing swings about.

From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 2017

Two young people stroll by, she in a long cotton halter dress, he in a lumbersexual beard toting a basket of fat, blushing peaches, O’Henrys, I’m guessing, or maybe Elbertas.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2016

Coming in second was the word "lumbersexual" - a portmanteau of lumberjack and metrosexual - referring to urban men who adopt the style of an outdoorsman as a fashion statement.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2016

There was the metrosexual, the lumbersexual, the Mad Men early-’60s revisionist.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2015