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A retrosexual is a possibly, or likely even, male consumer who chooses clothes and accesories that have stood the test of time, and usually regards ironing as a waste of good book reading time. They are usually oblivious to current jargon and slang.

What have you got there John? Why Jennifer, its my 1998 Apple Newton 2100 PDA. I bought it on eBay last week, just so I could read ebooks from Project Gutenberg more easily on the bus. You know, it has the biggest screen of any PDA, and it comes with a sled to use ordinary AA rechargeable batteries! This means those weirdly shaped batteries in your phone or Palm that won't be made in seven years time are no longer a problem. And it can read my handwriting! Well, whatever. It sure goes well with that op shop suede jacket. And I bet you don't even know what a retrosexual is? Mmmmh?

By meikan

a guy who actually likes women instead of wanting to act like them. he uses no hair care products except for white rain shampoo, has several flannel shirts, and owns at least one pair of work boots.

woman 1: hey, check out the retrosexual in the high and tight driving the skid loader. woman 2: i believe he is admiring the sway in my backside, according to his comments.

By shemma

an experience with someone later in life who was known and perhaps dated at a much earlier time of life

"I had not gone out with her since high school, but I found her on the internet and now we are seeing each other again, I guess you could call it a retrosexual experience"

By iRustin

Who says it has to be the opposite of metrosexual? A retrosexual is (in the female case) that woman who eschews the sexual-revolution plank of feminism in favor of more-traditional values. Perhaps even 1950s values (this is not to say she goes as far as the cone-bra). A little burlesque, a little Betty Crocker, the retrosexual woman has new-fangled spunk and old-fashioned values: she does for abstinence and monogamy what Slang Flashcards do for Dover illustrations. She may be, well, Sexless in the City, but only 'cause she chooses to be.

At my cocktail hour the other evening, we were discussing just how "retro" I am — that I have at some times sought to attract men by baking them cookies or knitting them slippers. "You're so RETRO!" someone cried. "Oh no," I replied. "I'm retrosexual."

By Anna Broadway

Someone who has many stories or references to past sexual encounters, but nobody can remember anything in recent times.

"David is such a retrosexual" "How so" "He's telling his high school sex stories again, even though he's been dwelling on them for years. Why doesn't he at least tell us something new" "Well, they're all he's got"

By BWhatley