manorexia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Blend of man + anorexia.
Meanings
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(humorous, informal, uncountable) Anorexia nervosa (or any similar eating disorder) when occurring in a male.
He's getting too flaquito, nena, all scrawny like Marc Anthony with his manorexia chiseling up his face.
2008, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Dirty Girls on Top, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:Manorexia has taken the younger gay community by storm, and gay hearts weep for the scrawny skin-and-bones younger gay hearts who look like they are on an emo hunger strike […]
2010, Freeman Hall, Stuff That Makes a Gay Heart Weep: A Definitive Guide to the Loud & Proud Dislikes of Millions, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 36:Preparing for the role— taking in only 900 calories a day and running 5 miles — he [Dennis Quiad] says he developed "manorexia."
2006 April, David A. Keeps, “Dennis Quiad”, in Best Life, page 74: