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quiche-eater

quiche-eater noun: a man who is effeminate or who lacks some putative masculine virtue.

Noun

quiche-eater (plural quiche-eaters)

  1. (idiomatic) A man who is effeminate or who lacks some putative masculine virtue.
    Synonyms:
    cockney
  2. (humorous, idiomatic) In computer programming circles, a person far removed from practice and concerned only with academic matters, unwilling to "get their hands dirty".

Synonyms of quiche-eater

Forms of quiche-eater

pluralquiche-eaters

Origin of quiche-eater

The idiom derives from the book on stereotypes about masculinity, Real Men Don't Eat Quiche, by Bruce Feirstein, published in 1982. The computer circle version was popularised by a 1983 article Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal, that specifically accuses the creator of the Pascal language, Niklaus Wirth, of being a "quiche eater" due to the nature of Pascal.

Questions about quiche-eater

What does quiche-eater mean?
Quiche-eater means a man who is effeminate or who lacks some putative masculine virtue.
What part of speech is quiche-eater?
Quiche-eater is a noun.
What is the plural of quiche-eater?
The plural of quiche-eater is quiche-eaters.

Words near quiche-eater in the dictionary

  1. Quicenos
  2. quices
  3. quich
  4. quiche
  5. quiche lorraine
  6. quiche-eater
  7. quiche-eaters
  8. Quichean
  9. quiched
  10. quichelike
  11. quiches

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