manscape
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Usage
What does manscape mean? To manscape is to remove unwanted body hair from a man’s body. Manscape can refer to using a razor, wax, cream, or a similar method to remove body hair from places like the neck, back, chest, abdomen, and groin area. Manscaping is done for both comfort and appearance. Manscape can be used as a synonym for groom meaning to take care of one’s appearance. Example: If your chest hair is getting caught in zippers, you might want to manscape your chest.
Etymology
Origin of manscape
Example Sentences
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To quote my friend and editor Emily Yoshida, Schumer's comedy is often about women doing whatever they can to survive in their hellish manscape.
From The Verge ● May 27, 2015
At another point, one of the highly manscaped “Property Brothers” asks the actors: “Aren’t you glad we didn’t let some developer come in and flatten the place?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2019
Meanwhile, the Persian emperor’s origin story — his transformation into a bejeweled, manscaped god-king — is revealed, in a process evoking a brisk dip in molten gold.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2014
When the going gets tough, Boris gets manscaped.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2012
Then there is Milton, a 6-foot, 7-inch beanpole who loves playing Pokémon and appears to take his facial hair manscaping cues from a walrus.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2023
Instead, it’s cultural window dressing while Vardalos crams in one more dull joke about Nick’s manscaping, Greek voodoo or Voula’s sauciness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
If they didn’t shave, I could call them cowards and hypocrites and move on, but all this manscaping has me rethinking my approach.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2021
Like taking manscaping too far, it seems to be one of the rites of passage of top‑flight Spanish football.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2019
Suddenly, he was on the cover of magazines, marching down the red carpet with his megastar wife, sharing his manscaping habits with Ellen DeGeneres.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2018
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