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Meaning: (idiomatic,euphemistic)Aninoffensiveadult male who desiresromanticcompanionshipbut who is tooblandanduninspiringto be attractive.1999,The 'Nice Guy' Syndrome, Self-Help Informational Resources, The Counseling Center for Human Development, The University of South Florida[1]The nice guy, they say, finishes last. But in romantic relationships, thenice guyoften isn't even in the running.[…]Thenice guymay have expressed an interest in dating you[...]. Thenice guyis the person who you trust and feel comfortable with, but don't see as "fun" or "challenging" or really all that "interesting," other than as a friend, of course.2002May 3, Cecelia Goodnow, “What's wrong with being anice guy? Plenty, according to a local therapist”, inSeattle Post-Intelligencer:"My frustrations were pretty typicalNice Guyrelationship issues," he says. "Not feeling appreciated, not feeling sexually desired by my wife. I didn't feel like...I received as much as I gave."2005September 18, "Dirty D.",Lost Romanticism and the Manwhore, DiaryLand, at uberfrau.diaryland.comNice guysare historically the grail of dating.[…]As both Nora and I reminisced and compared how we were treated by the manwhore and by thenice guy, the manwhore always won out.; (Internetslang,sarcastic,derogatory)A man whopretendsto bekindandpolitewith the goal of attracting women, often becominghostileandmisogynisticwhen their advances arerebuffed; someone affected bynice guy syndrome.2016March 12, Suzannah Weiss, “5 Signs Of Nice Guy Syndrome”, inBustle[2]:Plenty of men will treat women kindly, butNice Guyslike to think that behaving kindly earns them a gold star. It doesn't.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seenice,guy.
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