Metro Evolving Into Lumber

Co-worker Samantha yesterday shared a new term with me that I had not yet heard - "Lumbersexual."  Remember the "metrosexual" days, when the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy show was on?  Men going overboard with personal grooming, style, and fashion?  Well, apparently that has now been replaced by "lumbersexual", a 180 degree turn with men wearing flannel shirts, jeans, suspenders, and beards, whether or not they are outdoorsmen.  What's odd is this has been the manly uniform for the Pacific Northwest for years...my new guy Steve fits perfectly into this new phrase, as do the majority of men in Washington and Oregon.