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
The SeaWorld parks currently are homes to emperor, king, Adelie, gentoo, chinstrap, rockhopper, macaroni, Magellanic and Humboldt penguin species.
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 June 2025
Across extremely varied and challenging environments, the intricate stories of penguin species—such as rockhoppers, gentoos, macaronis and Magellanic—are unveiled.
—Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
All dinners will include french fries or macaroni & cheese, cole slaw, three bean salad, beets, bread and butter and condiments.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
Even macaroni salad won’t survive the freezer unscathed.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 25 Feb. 2025
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 June 2025
Across extremely varied and challenging environments, the intricate stories of penguin species—such as rockhoppers, gentoos, macaronis and Magellanic—are unveiled.
—Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
All dinners will include french fries or macaroni & cheese, cole slaw, three bean salad, beets, bread and butter and condiments.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
Even macaroni salad won’t survive the freezer unscathed.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for macaroni
Noun
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Plenty of people, critics or otherwise, weighed in online, often piling on about their distaste for a perfectly adequate, somewhat imperfect, modestly ambitious thriller that’s mostly about a very intense dude trying to protect his adult children.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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But in college football’s hottest early-season matchup, the Carlsbad dude was California cool.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Travis Kelce’s podcast and later becoming engaged to her beau of two years.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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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
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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 10 Sep. 2025.
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