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lady-killer

Date: Oct 29 2009

Quote

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“He loves posing for pictures. He’s going to be a lady-killer.”

- Singer Usher talking about his son, Usher V. (People Magazine)

Definition

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man who is very attractive to women

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With Halloween coming up, lady-killer probably makes you think of horror movies. It definitely sounds scary, and it’s pretty weird that Usher called his one-year-old son, Usher V, a lady-killer. What kind of baby would kill ladies?

Luckily for Usher V’s mom and women everywhere, lady-killers don’t actually kill ladies. They just charm them with their incredible good looks and amazing powers of seduction.
An extremely cute baby might be called a lady-killer. And little Usher V is definitely a cutie.

Like players, lady-killers often don’t treat women very well. They might cheat on them, lie to them, or break their hearts. But even the most ruthless lady-killers aren’t actually murderers.

The female version of a lady-killer is a man-eater. You might remember the definition of man-eater from our lesson on the movie Jennifer’s Body. A man-eater is a very attractive woman who takes advantage of men. So what happens when a man-eater and a lady-killer get together? We don’t know, but Man-eater vs. Lady-killer sounds like a cool title for a horror flick…

Are you a lady-killer or a man-eater? Do you know anyone else like that?

Examples

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“He’s not unattractive, but he’s no lady-killer.”

“Josh is such a lady-killer. It seems like he’s dating a new girl every week.”

“I like shy, sweet guys better than lady-killers.”

Winners

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	I think a lady-killer means a man who is popular among girls. by Mr.Bean's wife
	lady-killer - man, who breakes womans hearts by Evelinutea
	many girls will crazy about him..!>///< by chomo
	an extremely attractive man who, popular among women by Colibri
	attractive by cenderella_0.o
	A lady-killer is a boy who makes women fall for him very deeply by monacovalentina
	It means that he's gonna be extremely attractive to women, a chick magnet.. by Guada. A.H.
	This cuty little quy is supposed to be extremely attractive for women. Killer here means breaking their hearts. by Turmeric
	"lady-killer" means a heartbreaker, a hunk by _Sasha_
	A man reputed to be exceptionally attractive to and often ruthless with women. by Sezai
	The girls will fall for him! by immajin
	like chick magnet,ladys love~~ by tianyq0709
	It means someone(male) who is quite attractive and is liked by almost all the ladies. by fedorame

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CatcheR

Iceland

My admiration is not up enough to be lady-killer, Girls mostly love a guy with athletic body and looks manly than skinny boy like me, I’m not smart enough to win girls heart either. I have a friend who is really lady-killer, he knows how to get more attention from a girl, kinda a play boy he is but really lady-killer looks so much attractive and charming.

Azim Kurbanov

Kyrgyzstan

very sexy

ramin145

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

being lady-killer is not always good i am a sort of and some times i wanna be saty out of troble

coz girl are all troble

Marcelolic

Brazil

hehehe Lady-killer sounds comedc…Here in Brazil the guy who meets or dating many girls is called "Pegador" (is similar to "Stallion" or "Taker") :P

marcular

China

a man, charmming, gentle, treat woman good but not by heart.

Simon terminator

India

If i could be there behalf usher i could do same thing . Which usher had done. U r really good dad.

kukuka

Ukraine

I used to think (man, i have to check the words' meaning each time, lazy me) that lady-killer means murderess. Shame on me, now I know its real sense.

jemie

Taiwan

it's so funny

DigitalStorm

Mexico

Lady-killer and Man-eater, it's gonna be awesome because they'll know how smart are they on cheating each other. It might stimulate the creativity.. :P

When one of them is losing, there will be no pain..

saharmatin

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I think there are many men who are lady -killer and even they feel proud for what is in their charectors,but the women are so sensetive and also faithful,there are very few women who are men_easter….poor women!

semaho

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

lol, so every man wana be a lady-killer

iwori

Japan

I think man-eater or lady-killer aren't one we try to be. They're heartbreakers from their birth, naturally.

I understand they're dangerous, but…......actually they're so attractive.

go surfer

Taiwan

I am not a lady-killer , but i have extremely attractive to chick , bec i am a surfer haaaa!

Cadia

Taiwan

Lady-killer like to entangle above among girl who always have good look and flexile .it is opposite of gentleman-killer.

Shinichi Lover

Bahrain

haha,what a cool slang!..I saw many of lady killers and man eater but,I like person with good ethics..

Romio79

Russian Federation

Recently I saw a movie about a lady-killer who fell in love with man-eater. The flick is called "Spread".

mionfabian

Brazil

a lady-killer is one man who gets a lot of hearts´womens, take care about that for one night or a bit more, and after that he breaks it down.
It isn´t something cool, but that happens.

gbdadx

Argentina

i think, most women wish to be killed.

and some people know how to do.

so nice to have a dream, but later comes the true.

lady killer make a social work, is not devil. only imposible one.

hphadi

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Hi there! I am not a lady-killer but my friends blieve that: 'I am'!!!! But in my opinion that is a great lie. Because I have no relationship by any girls or women except my mom and my sister and our closed reletives. So I think they want to tempt me whenever they want.