cake boy

English

Alternative forms

cake-boy

Etymology

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Noun

cake boy (plural cake boys)

(derogatory, slang, dated) A young metrosexual male.

2 (derogatory, slang, dated) a person, in particular a male who thinks they are Heavy Metal but listen to bands such as Motley Crue, Winger, Pretty boy floyd and other Hair rock bands.

3 (derogatory, slang, dated) A person in particular a male who listens to hair rock and glam bands and thinks they are Metal and has an extensive collection of spandex, and wears horrible makeup

- 1992, “Cake Boy”, in Sir Mix-A-Lot (music), Baby Got Back‎^[1]:
  It ain't a man, it's a straight-up cake boy!
- 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Murray (Donald Faison):
  Yo, look. Are you bitches blind or something? Your man, Christian is a cake-boy!

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:male homosexual