lounge lizard

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as in dude
a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance a slick lounge lizard in a silk suit

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Recent Examples of lounge lizard Reading is not simply the lazy pleasure of a lounge lizard. Big Think, 19 Mar. 2025 With acid jazz tracks filled with brass horns and lounge lizard rhythm, many found the score counterintuitive to the game’s decidedly epic moment-to-moment action. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2024 He got involved in the music business, sometimes playing lounge lizard takes on Pink Floyd for hotel bars, sometimes playing in bands. Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023 Tiffany Townsend and Bernardo Bermudez bring rich-toned gusto to Idleness and Pleasure, here a couple of louche lounge lizards. Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2023 Repo Man, which marked a rare early film appearance by Morris — briefly seen performing with a lounge lizard version of the Circle Jerks in mismatched tuxedos. Steve Appleford, SPIN, 27 July 2022 This is a look for a lounge lizard, after all. Aleks Cvetkovic, Robb Report, 7 July 2021 Don’t fall for the slick, dandified cake eater — the unpolished gold of a real man is worth more than the gloss of a lounge lizard. Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021 Some of us experience guilt or stress about that kind of thing, but not your faithful lounge lizard. Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 16 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lounge lizard
Noun
  • The dude found dead in the ranch with his throat slit.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Popular dude During off times in college, Nestor returns to Marist and runs middle-school camps for defensive backs.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Gabby dislikes Sebastian, perceiving him as an entitled womanizer.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Following her performances as southern womanizer Jamie in Drive-Away Dolls and fearless private detective Honey O’Donahue in Honey Don’t!
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Travis Kelce’s podcast and later becoming engaged to her beau of two years.
    Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Then Emily Simpson suggests a game to cheer up Shannon Storms Beador’s daughter Sophie, who came home from New York City for the weekend after being dumped by a beau.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Monteverde’s cloud forest is a haven for nature lovers, with canopy walks and wildlife encounters that will delight young and old alike.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Last March, Mariah The Scientist allegedly came to blows with Young Thug’s former lover, Cleopatra Dues, at an Atlanta lounge.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The original dandy—most famously embodied by figures like Beau Brummell in 18th-century Britain—was a man whose primary purpose was to stand out by being impeccably groomed and dressed.
    Ty Gaskins, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Buy the Book From Beau Brummell to Emily Adams Bode, The Men’s Fashion Book documents over 200 years of fashion history by spotlighting the people and brands that have shaped the world of menswear.
    WSJ, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
Noun
  • Entertainment was headlined by DJ Don Juan and emceed by Charles Jr. Chidi Ohaeri.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • More Don Juan Moore/Getty Images More news: Patriots Get Massive Injury Update on All-Pro Christian Gonzalez Losing Brown for any period would be devastating, as the star receiver also missed the majority of the 2024 season.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • At Hartford Stage, Rafael Jordan plays Sterling as a smooth-talking pretty boy who seems unwilling to get his hands dirty.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Scott’s Tom Ripley was a clean break from that of Matt Damon; instead of a petulant pretty boy seized by envy and lust, this Ripley was older (Scott is in his late forties) and scarier, a lonesome manipulator with a murderous gleam in his eye.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Five of the 15 wolves brought to the state in January have died, including two that were shot in Wyoming.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
  • For example, the genus Canis includes wolves, dogs, coyotes and jackals.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Lounge lizard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lounge%20lizard. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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