| 释义 |
studmuffin, n. slang (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈstʌdmʌfɪn|, U.S. |ˈstədˌməfən|
[‹ stud n.2 + muffin n. (compare muffin n. 4 and -cake in beefcake n. at beef n. Compounds 2, cheese-cake n. 2).]
A sexually attractive young man. Freq. humorous or ironic.
1986D. Barry in Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 9 Jan. d11/3 In Washington, House and Senate budget conferees agree to call each other by nicknames such as ‘Stud Muffin’. 1986N.Y. Times 26 Nov. c22/2 Even the truncated [comedy] routines here..must have their value. In Toronto, Howard Busgang comes on as a Woody Allen-type nerd, advising other ‘stud-muffins’ that ‘you've gotta go where the women are vulnerable’. 1992A. Maupin Maybe Moon i. 13 Renee fidgeted with the neck of her sweater, fresh out of solutions. ‘Want some cocoa, then?’ ‘Get outa here. Go call your studmuffin.’ 1998Guardian 18 Apr. 6/7 But to me he'll always be Tony Manero, white-suit-wearer and studmuffin. |