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heteropolitan

heteropolitan
 n.— «But now the metrosexuals are being elbowed aside. Here come the heteropolitans: men perfectly at ease with themselves, fathers who prefer nights in with their families to nights out on the tiles; guys who prefer shorts to skirts and whose skin only changes colour if they have been out in the sun. Typical alpha heteropolitans are Thierry Henry, David Cameron and Kanye West.» —“Heteropolitans: Jude. And hello Kevin” by Sadie Gray Independent (, ) June 3, 2007. (: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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