playboy

plural playboys

1. A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.

   Exclusive nightclubs are out of style with me / 'Cause I don't associate with high society / I don't hang around playboy millionaires / I'm just an ordinary guy you left behind

   1969, Joe Bataan, “Ordinary Guy”

   Synonyms: hedonist

1. A brand of adult magazines introduced in the United States.

plural Playboys

1. A Playboy magazine.

comparative more Playboy · superlative most Playboy

1. Pertaining to a hedonistic philosophy and idealized women with exaggerated sexual characteristics.

   And when you take a Playboy interview, where they pump sound bites into the media, it all sounds much harsher than you intended.

   2001, Jesse Ventura, Do I Stand Alone?: Going to the Mat Against Political Pawns and Media Jackals, page 31

   3 more examples

   "More Playboy than us." Salli giggled. "I know. Only joking. I've been on Playboy's cover three times. They adore me." She giggled again.

   1998, Jackie Collins, Power, page 34

   And ready to do something for the state too. / Do what? / Lead it, says Shade. / He couldn't lead a frat house across the street to the Playboy mansion.

   2004, Inman Majors, Wonderdog, page 180

   There is more history of New York City in a Playboy centerfold than in the entire Encyclopedia of New York or any other academic study of the place.

   a. 2006, Timothy 'Speed' Levitch, "Wall Street: The Story of What Happened to Our Intimacy", in Alan Kaufman, The Outlaw Bible of American Essays, page 48