nice guy
(Internet slang, sarcastic, derogatory) A man who pretends to be kind and polite with the goal of attracting women, often becoming hostile and misogynistic when their advances are rebuffed; someone af
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I thought Nice Guy Eddie was a banger 😎
As an undergrad I met (IRL) a grad student who I had previously only interacted with online. After talking for a while he exclaimed, “Wow! You're not an asshole! You're actually a nice guy. You need to learn to wr…
Let me guess, she said no to a date with him even though he put all those nice guy points into the sex vending machine. Even worse, I bet she called him gross for making comments like this and is now going out with…
Chris Devenski has a 5.47 ERA--as a reliever!-- over eight, eight (!!!!) seasons, and he has pitched in the majors in all eight. Nice guy maybe, but we should be contracting teams until there's no room for Chris Deven…
"Thutmose III, very nice guy, but for some reason he just won't let the Battle of Megiddo go. 'Sir, I have to keep fighting it, the Canaanites are being very rude to us,' but I tell him to stop and he does, so that's…
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(Internet slang, sarcastic, derogatory) A man who pretends to be kind and polite with the goal of attracting women, often becoming hostile and misogynistic when their advances are rebuffed; someone affected by nice guy syndrome.
: The nice guy, they say, finishes last. But in romantic relationships, the nice guy often isn't even in the running. The nice guy may have expressed an interest in dating you[...]. The nice guy is the person who you trust and feel comfo…
“Chris Devenski has a 5.47 ERA--as a reliever!-- over eight, eight (!!!!) seasons, and he has pitched in the majors in all eight. Nice guy maybe, but we should be contracting teams until there's no room for Chris Devenski.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“"Thutmose III, very nice guy, but for some reason he just won't let the Battle of Megiddo go. 'Sir, I have to keep fighting it, the Canaanites are being very rude to us,' but I tell him to stop and he does, so that's one."”
— Bluesky· May 2026“cos you’re a nice guy and a good neighbour? 🏏”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Well, he did think that Greece was a nice guy so who knows what he thinks he is doing with Iran.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Dear mr Zuckerman. Once you were a nice guy. Going for the better for people. You turned into a monster. Eaten by the devil called money. May God treat you the way you are. It’s your choice.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(idiomatic, euphemistic) An inoffensive adult male who desires romantic companionship but who is too bland and uninspiring to be attractive.
1999, ''The 'Nice Guy' Syndrome'', Self-Help Informational Resources, The Counseling Center for Human Development, The University of South Florida [https://web.archive.org/web/19991013184527/http://usfweb.usf.edu/counsel/self-hlp/niceguy…
“I thought Nice Guy Eddie was a banger 😎”
— Bluesky· May 2026“As an undergrad I met (IRL) a grad student who I had previously only interacted with online. After talking for a while he exclaimed, “Wow! You're not an asshole! You're actually a nice guy. You need to learn to write that way.” I am a slow learner, apparently. 🫤”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Let me guess, she said no to a date with him even though he put all those nice guy points into the sex vending machine. Even worse, I bet she called him gross for making comments like this and is now going out with a guy who he doesn't like.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Also the “he’s a nice guy, no way he can be a nazi” is dumb because plenty of them can be kind and fun to hang with; it’s how they worm their way into communities before slowly normalizing their extremist views by planting themselves in the hearts and minds of others.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Whole situation’s confusing bc of the whole “but he’s a nice guy” vouch and people coming out to say people aren’t “given room to grow” when they won’t. People don’t grow and change if they still hang out with the same people.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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