Definitions
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- noun uncountable, informal
Male mid-life crisis orandropause , especially the type thatmanifests in attempts toreclaim lost youth , such as buying asports car . - noun countable, informal A
sports car bought by aman during amid-life crisis .
Etymologies
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Blend of menopause and Porsche.
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Examples
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Older men, who like Tiger may have been very successful, normally suffer from a syndrome called menoporsche where normally sane, reasonable family men, seeing and feeling their attractiveness fading with their testosterone levels, go out and buy a Porsche.
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It's a perilous combination for a novelist: overnight success and the male menoporsche.
Archive 2005-10-01 Sharon Bakar 2005
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It's a perilous combination for a novelist: overnight success and the male menoporsche.
The Menoporscheal Male Sharon Bakar 2005
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Sorry .. but menoporsche seems like a term for really rich guys with fancy cars:)
The Menoporscheal Male Sharon Bakar 2005
sonofgroucho commented on the word menoporsche
Describes the situation where elderly men buy a sports car, usually just before retirement.
November 24, 2007