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• Joe Six-Pack
  Joe Six-Pack

  noun

  an average or typical man
• Joe Six-pack
  Joe Six-pack

  A lower-middle-class male. For example, I don't think opera will appeal to Joe Six-pack; he'd prefer a rock concert. This disparaging term, first recorded in 1977, conjures up the image of a man in undershirt and construction helmet who will down all of a six-pack (six cans or bottles of beer sold in a package) in an evening.

Joe Six-Pack

British  

/ ˈsɪksˌpæk /

noun

1. slang an average or typical man

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Joe Six-pack Idioms  

1. A lower-middle-class male. For example, I don't think opera will appeal to Joe Six-pack; he'd prefer a rock concert. This disparaging term, first recorded in 1977, conjures up the image of a man in undershirt and construction helmet who will down all of a six-pack (six cans or bottles of beer sold in a package) in an evening.

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Example Sentences

“We need a voice of reason from the people, somebody who is connected to just normal, everyday Joe Six-Pack, hardworking Alaskan, and I feel that that is who I am,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2022

But it is far harder, on deadline, to offer serious analyses of those grievances than it is to pretend that Joe Six-Pack cares deeply about what is said at the Tony Awards.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2018

"We went after the low-hanging fruit, whom we called Joe Six-Pack."

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2015

In Iowa two weeks ago, the president became Joe Six-Pack, talking about beer at every stop.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2012

But to get to that point, Pawlenty has to find a way to make himself heard — without compromising his vaunted Joe Six-Pack authenticity.

From Time • May 19, 2011