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quiche-eater

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables
quiche-eater
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man who is effeminate or who lacks some putative masculine virtue.

noun

In computer programming circles, a person far removed from practice and concerned only with academic matters, unwilling to "get their hands dirty".

Humorous

Etymology

The idiom derives from the book on stereotypes about masculinity, Real Men Don't Eat Quiche, by Bruce Feirstein, published in 1982. The computer circle version was popularised by a 1983 article Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal, that specifically accuses the creator of the Pascal language, Niklaus Wirth, of being a "quiche eater" due to the nature of Pascal.

Usage

Inflected Forms

quiche-eaters (plural)

Phrases

real men don't eat quiche

Frequently Paired Words

real men don't eat quiche

Synonyms

cockney pansy posy sniffer

Questions

What does quiche-eater mean?
A man who is effeminate or who lacks some putative masculine virtue.
Where does quiche-eater come from?
The idiom derives from the book on stereotypes about masculinity, Real Men Don't Eat Quiche, by Bruce Feirstein, published in 1982. The computer circle version was popularised by a 1983 article Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal, that specifically accuses the creator of the Pascal language, Niklaus Wirth, of being a "quiche eater" due to the nature of Pascal.

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