1
as in dude
a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance
a slick lounge lizard in a silk suit
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as in womanizer
a man given to seducing women
a balding, paunchy lounge lizard whose days and nights of partying were behind him
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Recent Examples of lounge lizard
Reading is not simply the lazy pleasure of a lounge lizard.
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Big Think, 19 Mar. 2025
With acid jazz tracks filled with brass horns and lounge lizard rhythm, many found the score counterintuitive to the game’s decidedly epic moment-to-moment action.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2024
Tiffany Townsend and Bernardo Bermudez bring rich-toned gusto to Idleness and Pleasure, here a couple of louche lounge lizards.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2023
This is a look for a lounge lizard, after all.
—Aleks Cvetkovic, Robb Report, 7 July 2021
He got involved in the music business, sometimes playing lounge lizard takes on Pink Floyd for hotel bars, sometimes playing in bands.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
Repo Man, which marked a rare early film appearance by Morris — briefly seen performing with a lounge lizard version of the Circle Jerks in mismatched tuxedos.
—Steve Appleford, SPIN, 27 July 2022
Don’t fall for the slick, dandified cake eater — the unpolished gold of a real man is worth more than the gloss of a lounge lizard.
—Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021
Some of us experience guilt or stress about that kind of thing, but not your faithful lounge lizard.
—Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 16 Dec. 2020
Big Think, 19 Mar. 2025
With acid jazz tracks filled with brass horns and lounge lizard rhythm, many found the score counterintuitive to the game’s decidedly epic moment-to-moment action.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2024
Tiffany Townsend and Bernardo Bermudez bring rich-toned gusto to Idleness and Pleasure, here a couple of louche lounge lizards.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2023
This is a look for a lounge lizard, after all.
—Aleks Cvetkovic, Robb Report, 7 July 2021
He got involved in the music business, sometimes playing lounge lizard takes on Pink Floyd for hotel bars, sometimes playing in bands.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
Repo Man, which marked a rare early film appearance by Morris — briefly seen performing with a lounge lizard version of the Circle Jerks in mismatched tuxedos.
—Steve Appleford, SPIN, 27 July 2022
Don’t fall for the slick, dandified cake eater — the unpolished gold of a real man is worth more than the gloss of a lounge lizard.
—Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021
Some of us experience guilt or stress about that kind of thing, but not your faithful lounge lizard.
—Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 16 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lounge lizard
Noun
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Oswald, Sirhan Sirhan, Chapman, Ray, the dude who almost killed Reagan to make Jodie Foster fall in love with him (didn't work).—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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By comparison, Sad Affleck was just a dude encased in a metal suit.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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The songstress and entertainer shared her special news with her fans on Instagram by posting a beautiful photo of her and her beau, NBA star of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Donovan Mitchell.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
11 July 2025
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In the closing minutes of the second episode, Jess (Megan Stalter), the brash American protagonist of Netflix’s Too Much, lies down with the mix CD her new British beau, Felix (Will Sharpe), has made for her.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
10 July 2025
Noun
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For lovers of art, architecture, and history, don't miss the Achilleion, a palace-turned-museum that was once the private refuge of the beloved Empress Elisabeth of Austria.—
Mina Agnos,
Travel + Leisure,
13 July 2025
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Thomasville is full of Queen Anne and Victorian architecture and serves as a quiet weekend retreat for lovers of architecture, gardens, and good food.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
13 July 2025
Noun
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Fashion and dandyism enthusiasts will immediately recall writings about historical fashion figure and dandy Beau Brummell, an arbiter of men’s style in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.—
Tonya Blazio-Licorish,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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The original dandy—most famously embodied by figures like Beau Brummell in 18th-century Britain—was a man whose primary purpose was to stand out by being impeccably groomed and dressed.—
Ty Gaskins,
Vogue,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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My son, the Crown Prince, is a little bit of a Don Juan.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
26 June 2025
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The supporting cast also is first-rate, if not given a lot of screen time, with romantic interests for Julie including Nicholas Braun as a mentalist hired for Russ’ birthday party and a naked, guitar-playing Don Juan named Jackson (Charlie Gillespie).—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
Noun
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At Hartford Stage, Rafael Jordan plays Sterling as a smooth-talking pretty boy who seems unwilling to get his hands dirty.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
4 Feb. 2025
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Scott’s Tom Ripley was a clean break from that of Matt Damon; instead of a petulant pretty boy seized by envy and lust, this Ripley was older (Scott is in his late forties) and scarier, a lonesome manipulator with a murderous gleam in his eye.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2024
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Democracy is, after all, two wolves and a sheep voting on what’s for dinner.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
11 July 2025
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Wildlife management in California, specifically, has long been shaped by these same forces of violence, originating in bounty campaigns not just against predators like cougars and wolves but also against American Indian peoples.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2025
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“Lounge lizard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lounge%20lizard. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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