Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dirty old man

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

Syllables: dirty old -man
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An adult male who acts in a lecherous or lewd manner, especially towards people younger than him.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"Always shouts out something obscene / Such a dirty old man"
"You're nothing but a dirty, dirty old man / You do your thinking with a one-track mind"
"Moving her arm up and down between them, she said in a still louder voice, "Admiral indeed! Dirty old man, if you ask me! He drove his wife to an early grave with his woman chasing. Now he's spending Nancy's money on the likes of her, that slut—that—that naked hooker."
"If you didn't go for Lila you're some kind of prissy old prude. If you did go for her you were some kind of dirty old man."

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

dirty old men (plural)

Questions

What does dirty old man mean?: An adult male who acts in a lecherous or lewd manner, especially towards people younger than him.

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