ubersexualとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

uber- (“above”) +‎ sexual

名詞

ubersexual (複数形 ubersexuals)

1. A heterosexual male displaying confidence and concern for others.
   • 2005 August 25, Marian Salzman, Ira Matathia, and Ann O'Reilly, The Future of Men, The Rise of the Ubersexual and What He Means for Marketing Today, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN
   • 2005 November 3, “Enough Already With The Trends And Labels”, Business Wire

     First it was Metrosexuals. Now it's Ubersexuals. Everyone wants to tell men how they should dress, groom themselves and behave.

   • 2006, Femina, Associated Magazines, issues 2517-2520, page 16

     Unlike the effeminate metrosexual, the ubersexual’s sexuality is not in question. […] And he won't mind being grouped with the trendsetters' top three ubersexuals Bono, George Clooney and Bill Clinton.

形容詞

ubersexual (comparative more ubersexual, superlative most ubersexual)

1. Having the qualities of an ubersexual.
   • 2006, India Today, Thomson Living Media India, volume 31, issues 1-12, page 52:

     A comparative study across 13 nations showed that a majority of Indian men were displaying signs of schizophrenia, torn between traditional machoism and the sensitive new age ubersexual male.

   • 2006 September, Dennis Waskul and Phillip Vannini (editors), body /embodiment, symbolic interaction and the sociology of the body, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., →ISBN, pages 248-249

     In the midst of “the crisis,” men tend not to acknowledge or embrace new masculinities — despite discourses regarding metrosexual or ubersexual masculinities — but rather retrench themselves into traditional, essentialized and hegemonic masculine images and embodied performances.

   • 2007, Willow Kincaid, Tragic Hero, A Teacher Accused, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 63

     So far he’s redecorated my apartment in the most awesome jungle motif, and we can wear each other's clothes. He’s mad ubersexual. We haven’t had sex yet, but it’s only been six months

   • 2009, Sandy Summers and Harry Jacobs Summers, Saving Lives, Why the Media’s Portrayal of Nurses Puts Us All at Risk, Kaplan Publishing, →ISBN, page 175:

     Peter was übersexual, gorgeous, sensitive, and holistic, yet manly—check his motorcycle!