lumbersexual

[ luhm-ber-sek-shoo-uhl ]

noun

1. a man whose style of dress and appearance is reminiscent of the ruggedly masculine stereotype of the lumberjack, as in wearing plaid shirts and having a beard.

adjective

1. pertaining to or being a lumbersexual:

   I like his lumbersexual aesthetic.

Other Words From

• lum·ber·sex·u·al·i·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of lumbersexual¹

First recorded in 2010–15; lumber(jack) ( def ) + -sexual ( def 2 )

Example Sentences

But the final shots find Dexter in some frozen waste, having grown a lumbersexual beard and invested heavily in flannel.

From New York Times

But she confessed to some nostalgia for the days of playful, dare-you-to-put-it-in-the-dictionary coinages like “lumbersexual,” from Oxford’s 2015 shortlist.

From New York Times

Young urban men were swapping out post-shave ointments and chest baring V-necks for Grizzly Adams beards and plaid flannel shirts — a celebration of old-school masculinity that marketers would call “lumbersexual.”

From New York Times

Visitors to the Office for Students website, looking for advice about university finance, found references to "lumbersexual cloud bread", "tofu tote bag" and "snackwave artisan".

From BBC

Until then, she was just redecorating Hopper’s lumbersexual man cave by using her mind and throwing swings about.

From The Guardian