ubersexual

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noun

A heterosexual male displaying confidence and concern for others.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounubersexual (plural ubersexuals)

plural ubersexuals · alternative übersexual

  1. A heterosexual male displaying confidence and concern for others.

    First it was Metrosexuals. Now it's Ubersexuals. Everyone wants to tell men how they should dress, groom themselves and behave.

    2005 November 3, “Enough Already With The Trends And Labels”, in Business Wire
    1 more example

    Unlike the effeminate metrosexual, the ubersexual’s sexuality is not in question.[…] And he won't mind being grouped with the trendsetters' top three ubersexuals Bono, George Clooney and Bill Clinton.

    2006, Femina, numbers 2517-2520, Associated Magazines, page 16
adjectiveubersexual (comparative more ubersexual, superlative most ubersexual)

comparative more ubersexual · superlative most ubersexual · alternative übersexual

  1. Having the qualities of an ubersexual.

    Peter was übersexual, gorgeous, sensitive, and holistic, yet manly—check his motorcycle!

    2009, Sandy Summers, Harry Jacobs Summers, Saving Lives: Why the Media’s Portrayal of Nurses Puts Us All at Risk, Kaplan Publishing, →ISBN, page 175
    3 more examples

    A comparative study across 13 nations showed that a majority of Indian men were displaying signs of schizophrenia, torn between traditional machoism and the sensitive new age ubersexual male.

    2006, India Today, volume 31, numbers 1-12, Thomson Living Media India, page 52

    In the midst of “the crisis,” men tend not to acknowledge or embrace new masculinities — despite discourses regarding metrosexual or ubersexual masculinities — but rather retrench themselves into traditional, essentialized and hegemonic masculine images and embodied performances.

    2006 September, Dennis Waskul, Phillip Vannini, editors, body /embodiment: symbolic interaction and the sociology of the body, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., →ISBN, pages 248–249

    So far he’s redecorated my apartment in the most awesome jungle motif, and we can wear each other's clothes. He’s mad ubersexual. We haven’t had sex yet, but it’s only been six months, […]

    2007, Willow Kincaid, Tragic Hero: A Teacher Accused, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 63

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*ubiri
  2. Germanüber
  3. Germanüber-
  4. Englishuber-
  5. Englishsexual
  6. Englishubersexual

From uber- (“above”) + sexual.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ubersexual,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ubersexual.

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