Spin-Off of "Metrosexual"

[John McChesney-Young]

I forwarded the link to the ADS 2004 WOTY survey to a friend who
reported of a friend of hers:

... his favorite new word is "betterosexual" which he defines as a
heterosexual man with all the good qualities of a gay man (Sensitive New
Age Guy, excellent taste, etc....)

(end quote)

A Google web search turns up only two hits for the term, both at the
same blog site:

http://alittleaardvark.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_alittleaardvark_archive.html
(August 7th entry; definitions of a number of *sexual coinages)
http://alittleaardvark.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_alittleaardvark_archive.html
(December 3rd entry, in which he notes that his is the only site
which Google finds for the word)

His definition differs from that of my FOF. It begins:

"BETTEROSEXUAL: This group doesn't actually exist although most
people believe it does.  No matter what you get, this group always
seems to be getting more or a better variety/quality than you."

(end quote)

A Google Usenet search turns up no hits.

As an aside, "Sensitive New Age Guy" is a specific allusion to the
Christine Lavin song by the same title (except plural):

http://www.tabalorium.com/tabs/4459.html

John
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