beefcake

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The audacity of some people. chris Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 07: 56 PM EST the cute gay guy and the beefcake are the only reasons that i'm watching this season. the closeted mormon just might be the reason i stop watching before the season ends

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  1. noun Informal Images, especially photographs, of minimally attired men with muscular physiques.
  2. noun Informal Attractive men with muscular physiques, such as those in these images.

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  • But if you like your beefcake wrapped in Armani, then you have to admit Pirelli is one attractive package. —  EQMM, Sep/Oct 2005
  • Her disastrous and childless marriage had turned her off men, except television beefcake or those within the covers of People magazine. —  BloodBrothers
  • Maddie thought about saying beefcake, but curbed herself in time. —  Lori Foster - Duets.html
  • Even if White House photographers are no problem for the Obamas, there are still the paparazzi to worry about, as illustrated by the "beefcake" photos of a shirtless president-elect taken during the Obama family vacation in Hawaii. —  Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news
  • There's a distinction between aspiring to this season's strength and aspiring to last season's super-thinness - neo beefcake, or some variation on it, is by definition a better end goal. —  San Francisco Sentinel
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