lounge lizard

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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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Recent Examples of lounge lizard Reading is not simply the lazy pleasure of a lounge lizard. 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
  • His size doesn’t exactly blow you out of the water — not exactly the biggest dude at 6-foot-3 and 250 pounds — but the natural talent is special.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2025
  • That includes the dude competing with one arm and the other dude who when not falling repeatedly off a balance beam into the ocean was losing his grip 15 seconds into a challenge.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Jealous of Kate’s new beau, Bill (Glenn Ford), Pat steals him away, marrying him.
    Barry Levitt, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Sherman, as the only nonpolitical character in the sketch, was paired with Jon Hamm playing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. but dressed like Walton Goggins' Rick, the beau of Wood's Chelsea on season 3 of the drama series.
    Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Beverly ends up doing something he’s not done before — falling deeply for one of their patients/lovers, actress Claire (Geneviève Bujold).
    Barry Levitt, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Cascada’s rendition replaces Reilly’s yearning with decidedly more bombast, but the ecstatic feeling of connecting with a lover – whether on an elevator, dancefloor or basketball court – remains at the center.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Incroyables in France and Beau Brummell dandies were satirized by cartoonists for their corseting and groin-centric trouser display.
    Sarah Mower, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Buy the Book From Beau Brummell to Emily Adams Bode, The Men’s Fashion Book documents over 200 years of fashion history by spotlighting the people and brands that have shaped the world of menswear.
    WSJ, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
Noun
  • His decades-long career followed, with credits in titles such as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Sherlock Holmes (1922) and Don Juan (1926).
    Nicole Briese, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
  • In 2024, the City Council voted in favor of purchasing a vacant property off of Don Juan Avenue to turn it into affordable housing for senior citizens.
    Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The wolf has a big representation for Shakira’s identity.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Ranchers complain about predation on their herds and city dwellers fear having wolves living too close for comfort.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025

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“Lounge lizard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lounge%20lizard. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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