man cave

noun

: a room or space (as in a basement) designed according to the taste of the man of the house to be used as his personal area for hobbies and leisure activities

Examples of man cave in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Mark Zuckerberg's man cave includes a giant projector screen and various video games. Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024 Read Next National Ultimate man cave with a go-kart track lists in Minnesota. Tj MacIas, Sacramento Bee, 18 Feb. 2024 The 50-year-old immediately rescued his old DJ equipment from storage, wiped off the dust and set up his entertainment man cave. By Cammy Clark, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 Below, the lower deck is home to a man cave with a plush lounge, diving station, and floating garage. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2024 Gold still has a few unfinished bucket-list items — building a man cave, attending a March Madness game, cruising to Alaska and riding an electric bike. Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023 At 2x zoom-out, the Barbarian's man cave gains more occult detail. Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 23 June 2023 Supervisor Janice Hahn — instead of hiding in his man cave in La Habra Heights for the rest of his life like any other humiliated human would. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023 And the space, tucked into a mountainside in Pasadena, California, turns out to be less a man cave than a fan cave: Snyder’s shrine to his creative life. Hemal Jhaveri, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of man cave was in 1992

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“Man cave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/man%20cave. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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