everyguy

English

Etymology

From every +‎ guy, modelled on everyman.

Noun

everyguy (plural everyguys)

  1. (rare) A typical guy; an unremarkable man.
    • 2009 August 30, Dennis Lim, “Men at Work: Finding Humor in Missteps”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
      Played by Jason Bateman (in quintessential everyguy mode), Joel Reynold is the beleaguered owner of a flavor-extract factory, contending with difficult employees, a looming lawsuit over an assembly-line mishap, a distant wife (Kristen Wiig) and his own adulterous urges.
This page is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.