babe magnet

noun

informal

1

: someone who is very attractive to women

"Good Lord," said Pascoe, conjuring up a picture of the young man. Amiable, attractive, yes, but a babe magnet … ?

—Reginald Hill, Death Comes for the Fat Man, 2007

2

: something that makes a man more attractive to women

Don't get me wrong. This Cutlass Ciera of yours is no babe magnet.

—Ray Magliozzi in Ask Click and Clack: Answers from Car Talk, 2008

Word History

First Known Use

1989, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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