manorexia

noun

manorexia

noun

Etymology Blend of man + anorexia.

1

Humorous, Informal Anorexia nervosa (or any similar eating disorder) when occurring in a male.

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:
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:

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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:

Related terms: manorexic

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