Tumblr sexyman
English edit
Etymology edit
From Tumblr, referencing the microblogging platform and social network, and sexy + man.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Tumblr sexyman (plural Tumblr sexymen)
- (fandom slang) A male fictional character (often conventionally unattractive or non-human) with a particularly devoted fanbase on Tumblr.
- Synonym: sexyman
- 2021, Belle, "Tumblr Sexymen: A Never-Ending Cycle of Questionable Taste", LOCO Mag, 2 August 2021:
- The most iconic Tumblr sexymen[sic] of all Tumblr sexymen: The Onceler. Oh my god did the Onceler take Tumblr by its neck and wring it until it died horribly. I have never seen such a trend.
- 2021, Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, quoted in Andrew Court, "Twitter slams Timothée Chalamet’s ‘sexification’ of Willy Wonka", New York Post, 11 October 2021:
- “Timothee Chalamet Willy Wonka is what happens when a Hollywood focus group tries to create a Tumblr sexyman,” another remarked, referencing the famous 2010s blogging site.
- 2022 December 1, BJ Colangelo, “Why Animation Fans Are Going Wild For Hazbin Hotel's King Of Hell Read More”, in Slash Film:
- Congratulations, Lucifer Morningstar, on joining the esteemed ranks of Tumblr Sexymen like Alastor, The Once-ler, Bill Cipher of "Gravity Falls," Waluigi, King Dice of "Cuphead," and for some reason, Sans from "Undertale."
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Tumblr sexyman.
Further reading edit
Tumblr sexyman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
