Citations:manorexia

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English citations of manorexia

Noun: "(humorous, informal) anorexia nervosa (or any similar eating disorder) when occurring in a male"

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  • 2006, David A. Keeps, "Dennis Quiad", Best Life, April 2006, page 74:
    Preparing for the role— taking in only 900 calories a day and running 5 miles — he says he developed "manorexia."
  • 2008, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Dirty Girls on Top, St. Martin's Press (2008), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    He's getting too flaquito, nena, all scrawny like Marc Anthony with his manorexia chiseling up his face.
  • 2010, Freeman Hall, Stuff That Makes a Gay Heart Weep: A Definitive Guide to the Loud & Proud Dislikes of Millions, Adams Media (2010), →ISBN, page 36:
    Manorexia has taken the younger gay community by storm, and gay hearts weep for the scrawny skin-and-bones younger gay hearts who look like they are on an emo hunger strike
  • 2010 (May 19th, 5:00pm): Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw, “Dead to Rights: Retribution” reviewed by Zero Punctuation, 2:42–2:50
    Even in cover I was constantly getting hit by stray shots because Jack’s manorexia ensured he couldn’t leave the gym until his upper body was the size and shape of an entire litter of pit bulls lashed together.