Greetings--
Saragrace Knauf wrote:
Okay, this may be a little off topic, but since I heard it on the Tudor Fashion special
(TFS) on showtime, maybe it isn't too bad. I heard the word Metrosexual (MS) for the
first time in my life earlier this week in reference to what I can't remember, then I
heard it yesterday for the second time on the TFS, and just now on NPR on "Wait Wait
Don't Tell Me." NPR's discussion implies that it is another word for homosexual,
the TFS refered to Henry VIII as a MS....what the heck is everyone talking about???
Someone who copulates with everything they can get their hands on??
It's usually used to refer to a straight guy with an urban fashion
sensibility, the kind that's usually associated with gay guys.
Metrosexuals care about fashion, style, colour, skin care, and don't
think it's unmanly to go to a spa.
Henry VIII would only be a metrosexual from a modern standpoint. In
16th century England, the upper-class men were as much or more into
fashion as their female counterparts, and this was not considered
strange or unmanly.
Susan
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