"metrosexual" is correct and usable in written English.
It is an adjective used to refer to a man who is very fashion-conscious and well-groomed. For example, you could say, "My neighbor is a classic metrosexual; he spends a lot of time and effort on his appearance."
Michael Portillo was not then the modernising metrosexual he would become, but the most prominent of John Major's rightwing "bastards".
Mayors like boasting about their downtown trams or metrosexual loft dwellers not their suburbs.But the planet as a whole is fast becoming suburban.
That is hardly surprising for a country that harbours so many contradictory traditions: Islam versus westernisation; extreme views of honour next to prostitution and metrosexual living.
Neither is particularly at home with Mr Clinton's metrosexual buddies.Moreover, they are vying for leadership of a country that, for all the quibbles, is reconciled to the exercise of "hard" military power certainly more reconciled than any of its European allies.
Ah, but doesn't Bond's use of Floris grooming products indicate a "metrosexual" inclination?
Ben Zimmer, the head of the New Words Committee of the American Dialect Society, tips "selfie" as a strong runner when the ADS votes on its own Word of the Year on January 3rd.Unlike some Words of the Year (ADS's "chad" [2001] and "metrosexual" [2003]), "selfie" seems likely to survive as more than just an anachronistic curiosity.
They created the teenager, the yuppie, the baby boomer, the singleton and the metrosexual.
It is sometimes described in lad mags as being "just gay enough" to get the babes.Mr Beckham, says Ms Salzman, is a classic metrosexual.
This new target market is "metrosexual", a term coined a few years ago to identify straight urban men who enjoy such things as shopping and using beauty products.
Unlike the friendly mid-streamers, in their cashmere and striped shirts, whom Mr Cameron generally employs, the former tabloid editor understood that politics is not just about taking part.To the Tory leader's metrosexual effort to modernise his party, Mr Coulson added a keener, winning edge.
The boy done good Mobile snaps Thin end of the wedge Trying to be a regular Ghai Reprints Related items Sporting endorsements: Branded like BeckhamJul 3rd 2003Ms Salzman has tested the market and concludes that 30-35% of young men in America have metrosexual tendencies: tell-tale signs include buying skin-care cream and fragrances.
