sexyman

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A form of Tumblr sexyman — A male fictional character (often conventionally unattractive or non-human) with a particularly devoted fanbase on Tumblr.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounsexyman (plural sexymen)

plural sexymen

  1. abbreviationellipsisslanglifestyleEllipsis of Tumblr sexyman.

    Whatever’s in store, fans can rest easy knowing their lil skeleton guy [Sans of Undertale] is now the undisputed sexyman of Tumblr.

    2022 September 8, Isaiah Colbert, “Good News, Undertale Fans: Toby Fox Just Wrote A Sans x Mob Psycho 100 Story”, in Kotaku
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    Wheatley would not reach the same fame as the sexymen that would come later, but he was still given the original sexyman treatment. He was given a universally accepted humanized form so that Tumblr users could feel okay about wanting to fuck a robot—a skinny white man with blonde hair and glasses. My thoughts on Wheatley himself? None, he seems cool, I guess. My thoughts on him being a sexyman? I hate it.

    2021, Belle, "Tumblr Sexymen: A Never-Ending Cycle of Questionable Taste", LOCO Mag, 2 August 2021

    It's… pretty involved, but it eventually turns out that the key to being a sexyman is not to be sexy at all—which is great news for me—and Reigen was brought low by his conventional attractiveness.

    2022 September 15, Joshua Wolens, “Toby Fox wrote a fanfic to explain why Undertale's Sans is the 'ultimate Tumblr sexyman'”, in PC Gamer

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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