lumbersexual

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UK/ˌlʌm.bəˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/US/ˌlʌm.bɚˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/

noun

An urban man who affects a rugged, outdoorsy look, typified by plaid shirts and a full beard.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nounlumbersexual (plural lumbersexuals)

plural lumbersexuals

  1. attributiveslangsometimesAn urban man who affects a rugged, outdoorsy look, typified by plaid shirts and a full beard.

    From the rise of the lumbersexual, outdoorsmen's answer to the metrosexual, to the use of beards to sell anything from clothing to beer, beards are cool once again.

    2014 November 9, Aaron Swaney, “It's November: Put the razor down”, in The Daily Herald, Everett, Washington, page D1
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    Trend-hunters announced last year that we had reached “peak beard”, saturation point with the sort of facial hair that has become the calling card of the urban hipster or “lumbersexual”.

    2015, Harriet Walker, "Bristling with style: the hairy upper lip", The Times (UK), 10 January 2010

    My beef isn’t with glamping, despite its issues (unfortunate portmanteau, the image of lumbersexuals playing Ralph Lauren at summer camp). But keep it out of our parks.

    2015 May 23, Christopher Solomon, “Our Pampered Wilderness”, in The New York Times

    Synonyms: urban lumberjack

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn urban man who affects a rugged, outdoorsy look, typified by plaid shirts and a full beard.

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APA

lumbersexual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lumbersexual

MLA

“lumbersexual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lumbersexual. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lumbersexual,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lumbersexual.

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