Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

real men don't eat quiche

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
re-al -men -don't eat quiche
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

The stereotypical man does not do things that are considered effeminate.

Humorous

Etymology

The idiom derives from the book on stereotypes about masculinity, Real Men Don't Eat Quiche, by Bruce Feirstein, published in 1982.

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What does real men don't eat quiche mean?
The stereotypical man does not do things that are considered effeminate.
Where does real men don't eat quiche come from?
The idiom derives from the book on stereotypes about masculinity, Real Men Don't Eat Quiche, by Bruce Feirstein, published in 1982.

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