guy code

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Proper noun

guy code (plural guy codes)

  1. An informal set of rules for how to be a man and interact with other men.
    • 2019 August 23, Gregory Baker, Disaffiliating Ministry: Spiritual Growth, Gender, and Campus Ministry, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 22:
      Kimmel argues that men must confront their temptation toward silence, especially in the face of other men's violence. This culture of silence is what scaffolds the "guy code."
    • 2022 February 14, James Sheridan, Kiss Fewer Frogs, Dudley Court Press, LLC, →ISBN:
      By the way, if you're thinking about fact-checking anything I tell you in this book with your male friends or relatives, don't expect an honest answer, lest they violate Guy Code.
  2. One of these rules; in particular, the rule according to which a man should not get involved with a woman if his friend has previously shown interest in her.
    • 2001, Gertrude Pocket, The Script Book Season, Pocket Pulse, →ISBN, page 10:
      Xander: "But thanks. Thanks for your help." He stomps off. Willow and Buffy share a look. Buffy: "I think I just violated the guy code. Big time." Willow: "Poor Xander. Boys are so fragile."
    • 2005, Michael DiMarco, Marriable: Taking the Desperate Out of Dating, Revell, →ISBN, page 103:
      Many times this will even include cutthroat behavior like pursuing a girl that one of his guy "friends" is already chasing. This is a clear violation of the Guy Code.
    • 2008, Posy Edwards, Jonas Brothers: Hello Beautiful - Stars of Camp Rock‎, Orion, →ISBN:
      The Guy Code: 'Best friends don't date each others' ex-girlfriends. That's just how it rolls. It's the guy code.'
    • 2014, Kat Cantrell, Matched To Her Rival (Mills & Boon Desire) (Happily Ever After, Inc., Book 3), HarperCollins UK, →ISBN, page 13:
      And for what? Because his friend had broken the guy code? Dax needed someone to blame for Leo's falling in love with Dannie, obviously, not that he'd admit it.
    • 2020, Amber Garza, When I Was You: The utterly addictive psychological thriller about obsession and revenge, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 120:
      No, Mom. Not because of a guy code. Ben wouldn't care if I dated her.

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