one-minute man

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one-minute man (plural one-minute men)

  1. (slang) A man who suffers from premature ejaculation.
    • 2009, Dale Peck, Body Surfing: A Novel, →ISBN, page 234:
      But Larry's smile told any prospective partner that he wouldn't quit till she'd gotten hers, and in a world full of one-minute men Larry's track record spoke for itself.
    • 2014, Tyrese Gibson, Rev Run, Chris Morrow, Manology: Secrets of Your Man's Mind Revealed, →ISBN, page 35:
      You know who I'm talking about: The one-minute men! We all had a lot of fun when Missy Elliott and Ludacris sang about them back in the day, but it's no laughing matter for a lot of folks.
    • 2015 June 12, Bukky Sanni, “Dating tips: Women explain 13 things most men get all wrong in bed”, in Pulse Nigeria:
      Getting Too Excited Too Quickly: "Seriously, there are way too many one-minute men out there."
  2. A man who can complete a task in one minute.
    • 1921, Collier's, volume 68, page 724:
      The other four men were required in a united effort for exactly one minute. The work of the four one-minute men was not hard.
    • 2006, Dick DeVenzio, Runnin' the Show: Basketball Leadership for Coaches and Players, →ISBN:
      If we are far ahead in the fourth quarter I may decide to use all of my one-minute men or the players with the lowest playing time; but this is not to make me appear to be a nice guy, and it's not for the purpose of going easy on the other team.
    • 2016 May 21, “Broken aero bar sinks Bradley Wiggins' chances in Tour of California time trial”, in Cycling News:
      Broken aero bar and all, Wiggins did manage to catch Cavendish, his one-minute man, and he decided to have a little fun with the fellow British rider and track Madison partner.