as in dude
a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance
the glitter rock of the 1970s seemed more about mascaraed macaronis than about music
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Recent Examples of macaroni
And Democrats have to stay razor-focused on the bread-and-butter and macaroni-and-cheese issues, not just the macro, the macro issues.
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NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
Small shells, elbow macaroni, orzo would all work.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni is insulting because a macaroni was a pejorative term used to describe a fashionable man with feminine traits of 18th-century Britain.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 2 July 2025
The SeaWorld parks currently are homes to emperor, king, Adelie, gentoo, chinstrap, rockhopper, macaroni, Magellanic and Humboldt penguin species.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 June 2025
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NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
Small shells, elbow macaroni, orzo would all work.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni is insulting because a macaroni was a pejorative term used to describe a fashionable man with feminine traits of 18th-century Britain.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 2 July 2025
The SeaWorld parks currently are homes to emperor, king, Adelie, gentoo, chinstrap, rockhopper, macaroni, Magellanic and Humboldt penguin species.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for macaroni
Noun
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The bounty hunter kills some random dudes who are dumb enough to cross him and steals a Falka doll from some little girls who have adopted the Rats as folk heroes.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Because why else would everyone want to get rid of the dude?—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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However, since then, the reality star has continued to show off her beau.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Her complicated grief deepens a rift with her teenage daughter Clara (Grace), whose college dreams and new beau (Thames) Morgan does not approve of.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The film chronicles a rich fop who studies a magic manual and teaches himself how to achieve X-ray vision and clairvoyance.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2023
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The telegrams lead to the arrival of Sylvia’s husband (and Beau’s brother), the tweedy fop Clarke (Alex Moffat, playing him a little Biden-esque), as well as Beau’s very pregnant wife, Marjorie (Lilli Cooper), both of whom have secrets of their own.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
24 July 2023
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“Macaroni.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/macaroni. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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