as in dude
a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance
the glitter rock of the 1970s seemed more about mascaraed macaronis than about music
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Recent Examples of macaroni
Lunch was the precious meal; everyone had a small share of macaroni, rice, or soup.
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Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Very tasty, juicy, great texture, a real compliment to the macaroni.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2025
However, Anderson, who became an official Drew Crew member during the episode, appeared surprised by Barrymore casually pulling the macaroni during his bag reveal.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
And Democrats have to stay razor-focused on the bread-and-butter and macaroni-and-cheese issues, not just the macro, the macro issues.
—NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for macaroni
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Unidentified plainclothes dudes then dragged her out of the high school auditorium while other Idahoans watched — some in amusement, others not so much.—
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And these guys are … these are bad dudes.—
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However, since then, the reality star has continued to show off her beau.—
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Her complicated grief deepens a rift with her teenage daughter Clara (Grace), whose college dreams and new beau (Thames) Morgan does not approve of.—
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The New Yorker loves and fetishizes its traditions (the monocled fop Eustace Tilley, that stately but sensual Adobe Caslon font), but the magazine’s ultimate tradition is cutting through the scrim of contemporary noise to look reality in the eye, presenting it to the reader with a no-fuss vibrance.—
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The film chronicles a rich fop who studies a magic manual and teaches himself how to achieve X-ray vision and clairvoyance.—
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“Macaroni.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/macaroni. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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