lounge-lizards
Cocktail hour predators
Lounge-lizards is the plural of lounge-lizard, a dated slang term for a man who frequents bars, hotel lounges, or other social venues with the aim of meeting women, often wealthy ones.
The term suggests someone idle, slick, and predatory—more interested in charm and free drinks than honest work.
The hotel bar attracted its share of lounge-lizards hoping to impress tourists.
The hyphenated form is less common than the open compound lounge lizard.
Insincerely ingratiating
- oilyCovered in grease
- lecherousShowing excessive sexual desire
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
skeezy · cad · leering · wolfish · prowler · smooth-talker · slick · opportunist
Alcoholic blended beverages
- clubbingVisiting nightclubs for entertainment
- dancefloorSurface for rhythmic movement
- socialiteProminent figure in fashionable circles
- VIPNotable, for short
champagne · mingling · schmoozing · flirting · barfly · regular · habitué · scenester
Habitually idle person
- loaferLaceless slip-on shoe
- slackerIdle responsibility evader
- good-for-nothingWorthless, idle person
- ne'er-do-wellIrresponsible, idle person
bum · deadbeat · wastrel · dilettante · shirker · malingerer · goldbricker · do-nothing
smarmy
Insincerely ingratiating
predatory · skeezy · cad · leering · wolfish · prowler · smooth-talker · slick · opportunist · schmoozer
cocktails
Alcoholic blended beverages
- clubbingVisiting nightclubs for entertainment
- dancefloorSurface for rhythmic movement
- socialiteProminent figure in fashionable circles
VIP · champagne · mingling · schmoozing · flirting · barfly · regular · habitué · scenester · nightclub
layabout
Habitually idle person
- loaferLaceless slip-on shoe
- slackerIdle responsibility evader
- good-for-nothingWorthless, idle person
ne'er-do-well · bum · deadbeat · wastrel · dilettante · shirker · malingerer · goldbricker · do-nothing · time-waster
crooner
Soft-voiced romantic vocalist
- pianistOne who plays piano
- chanteuseFemale nightclub singer
- saxophonistOne who plays woodwind
cabaret · swing · standards · ballad · Vegas · croon · showroom · residency · entertainer · bandleader
lounge-lizardsgentlemen
Men of refinement
straight shooters · knights in shining armor · stand-up guys · salt of the earth · hopeless romantics
lounge-lizardsbreadwinners
Primary household income providers
self-made men · working stiffs · go-getters · providers · laborers
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