man candy
n.— «I noticed that on the TODAY show, you started referring to good-looking male guests—John Mayer, John Stamos or Hugh Jackman—you’ve started referring to them as man candy. What does it take to qualify as man candy? And you can be honest with me, would I qualify, if I came on the TODAY show, as man candy?» —“Ryan Seacrest reveals ‘man crush’ on Lauer” MSNBC Today Feb. 22, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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