menoporsche

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noun

Male mid-life crisis or andropause, especially the type that manifests in attempts to reclaim lost youth, such as buying a sports car.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounmenoporsche (countable and uncountable, plural menoporsches)

plural menoporsches

  1. informaluncountableMale mid-life crisis or andropause, especially the type that manifests in attempts to reclaim lost youth, such as buying a sports car.
    1 more example

    Some doctors believe that midlife crises often stem from men's waning testosterone levels. Dr. Harry Fisch, a New York physician and author of the "Male Biological Clock," drolly refers to the phenomenon as "menoporsche," noting that testosterone treatment may prove a better antidote for the condition than the purchase of a new sports car.

    2005 March 14, Shari Rudavsky, “Manopause”, in Indianapolis Star

    Synonyms: andropause, manopause

  2. countableinformalA sports car bought by a man during a mid-life crisis.

    At the onset of their mid-life crisis, along with the desire to recapture their lost youth, comes a yearning for the sexy, sleek, high-performance car of their dreams — the menoporsche.

    2004, Antony Mason, Marina Muratore, The Bluffer's Guide to Men and Women, Oval Books, →ISBN, page 45

Synonyms & antonyms

nounMale mid-life crisis or andropause, especially the type that manifests in attempts to reclaim lost youth, such as buying a sports car.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s
  4. Proto-Hellenic*méns
  5. Ancient Greekμήν (mḗn)
  6. Frenchméno-
  7. Ancient Greekπαύω (paúō)
  8. Ancient Greekπαῦσις (paûsis)
  9. Latinpausa
  10. Frenchménopause
  11. Englishmenopause
  12. EnglishPorsche
  13. Englishmenoporsche

Blend of menopause + Porsche.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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