What, Exactly, is a Man-Child?
Around 1 a.m. last night, after spending a few hours cruising blogs and watching YouTube cycling videos, I found myself up against it and hastily wrote a post about Redfin’s stunning new release that referred to developer Robert Gay as a “man-child.”
What I meant by this was a compliment: that, at the tender age of 22 21, Robert must still be somewhat like a child physically (he is larger than I am but how much of that is baby-fat, and baby-muscle, and big baby bones?), but that he codes like a MAN.
Some concerned friends of Robert approached me with what Urban Dictionary said I meant:
A man child is a male who is over the age of 25, who still lives as though he is a juvenile. Many man-children are not gainfully employed, and survive off of the financial support of their enabling parents. Heavy video-game addiction to fantasy games such as World of Warcraft are key to the man-child.
This, to me, also seems like a compliment.
A secondary definition is a common moniker for the “Black Jesus,” Amare Stoudemire, starting center for the Phoenix Suns. This is definitely a compliment. What does man-child mean to you? Would it have been more precise to call Robert a child-man? He is, in any event, a total star, precocious yet powerful like Amare, if Amare played D…
[Post-script: Google really is incredible... only 24 minutes after we published this post, a Google search on "young gay man-child" turns up Robert on page one. "Kinky masochist" turns up Redfin statistician Mose Andre.]
JanelleS said:
Well, if Robert “codes like a MAN”, then I’m happy. What say you, Robert?
August 13, 2008 1:14 PM
Bahn said:
The Urban Dictionary definition of man-child sounds more like loser!
I’m more familiar with the sports talk radio usage of man-child and of course, man-crush:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Man%20Crush
August 13, 2008 2:32 PM
shahaf.abileah said:
Robert, you better watch out for the Stone Temple Pilots…
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RRNVrel3ezg
Verse 2: “…I killed the manchild…”
They did it once. They might strike again.
August 14, 2008 10:13 AM
Janelle said:
Uh… Robert?
August 14, 2008 2:59 PM
Kevin Jonson said:
August 15, 2008 9:47 AM
Kevin Jonson said:
Apparently, one cannot post images to wordpress.
Link is as follows:
http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1592/photoxy4.jpg
August 15, 2008 9:48 AM