sexyman en · NOUN
Etymology
From sexy (adjective) + man.
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang) Ellipsis of Tumblr sexyman.
alt of Tumblr sexyman
Wheatley would not reach the same fame as the sexymen that would come later, but he was still given the original sexyman treatment. He was given a universally accepted humanized form so that Tumblr users could feel okay about wanting to fuck a robot—a skinny white man with blonde hair and glasses. My thoughts on Wheatley himself? None, he seems cool, I guess. My thoughts on him being a sexyman? I hate it.
2021, Belle, "Tumblr Sexymen: A Never-Ending Cycle of Questionable Taste", LOCO Mag, 2 August 2021It's… pretty involved, but it eventually turns out that the key to being a sexyman is not to be sexy at all—which is great news for me—and Reigen was brought low by his conventional attractiveness.
2022 September 15, Joshua Wolens, “Toby Fox wrote a fanfic to explain why Undertale's Sans is the 'ultimate Tumblr sexyman'”, in PC Gamer:Whatever’s in store, fans can rest easy knowing their lil skeleton guy [Sans of Undertale] is now the undisputed sexyman of Tumblr.
2022 September 8, Isaiah Colbert, “Good News, Undertale Fans: Toby Fox Just Wrote A Sans x Mob Psycho 100 Story”, in Kotaku:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sexymen | Number=Plur | lexicographic |