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The_Face_of_Boo
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23 May 2014, 2:36 am

So it's often meant as "gay-looking" straight guy.



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23 May 2014, 2:44 am

They're straight guys you look at and straight away think "He's probably gay". I saw one this morning (unless he was an actual gay guy?)

You don't seem even remotely metrosexual Boo.

If a guy is straight and looks like these for instance:
http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Brad ... PhmEql.jpg
http://prattleeditor.files.wordpress.co ... y-antm.jpg



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23 May 2014, 3:00 am

Reminds me of this idiot :lol:
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23 May 2014, 3:36 am

I first came across the term in the early 00s, always in reference to David Beckham.

Men doing a lot of grooming and being particular about their clothes is nothing new - see the figure of the dandy, for one. Teds and Mods also come to mind.


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