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{{citation|menoporsche}}
===Noun: "(informal) male mid-life crisis or andropause, especially the type that manifests in attempts to reclaim lost youth, such as buying a sports car"===
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1900s=1987 1997|
2000s=2005 2006 2010}}
*'''1987''' — ''Bulletin with Newsweek'', Volume 109:
*: The latest word in motoring circles is that misguided chaps in the 50-plus range who climb into these low-slung chariots are going through the '''menoporsche'''.
*'''1997''' — ''The Gains of Listening: Perspectives on Counseling at Work'' (ed. Colin Feltham), Open University Press (1997), ISBN 9780335192816:
*: The amusing term ''''menoporsche'''' has been coined for those who feel a sudden need to purchase and drive fast cars designed to deny the reality of the ageing process.
*'''2005''' — Shari Rudavsky, "Manopause", ''Indianapolis Star'', 14 March 2005:
*: Some doctors believe that midlife crises often stem from men's waning testosterone levels. Dr. Harry Fisch, a New York physician and author of the "Male Biological Clock," drolly refers to the phenomenon as "'''menoporsche'''," noting that testosterone treatment may prove a better antidote for the condition than the purchase of a new sports car.
*'''2006''' — [[w:Helena Frith Powell|Helena Frith Powell]], ''Be Incredibly Sexy: A Crash Course in Getting Your Groove On — And Keep It There'', Perigee (2006), ISBN 9780399533440, [http://books.google.com/books?id=0QtdQsR0sAcC&pg=PT115 unnumbered page]:
*: A man in a Porsche has become a bit of a cliché (you mean you've never heard of the male '''menoporsche'''?), but there is no denying that cars can help a man's sex appeal.
*'''2006''' — [[w:Rachel Johnson|Rachel Johnson]], "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/expathealth/4201727/When-tycoons-hit-the-menoporsche.html When tycoons hit the menoporsche]", ''The Telegraph'', 18 October 2006:
*: The mystery here is, why do these powerful, older, wealthy men want to leave their wives and marry their mistresses during what the writer Evans has christened the "male '''menoporsche'''"?
*'''2006''' — Lise Hand, "[http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/rich-men-and-the-midwife-crisis-74148.html Rich men and the mid-wife crisis]", ''Irish Independent'', 19 October 2006:
*: Another high-profile victim of the male '''menoporsche''' was former chairman of General Electric, Jack Welch.
*'''2010''' — Jim White, "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/men_shealth/8033187/Who-would-be-a-thirtysomething.html Who would be a thirtysomething?]", ''The Telegraph'', 30 September 2010:
*: The '''menoporsche''' it is mockingly termed, when existential panic grips, leading a man to rail against the decline of his youth by growing a ponytail, harbouring inappropriate thoughts about younger female colleagues, and buying a powerful American motorbike.
===Noun: "(informal) a sports car bought by a man during a mid-life crisis"===
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1900s=1985 1986|
2000s=2004}}
*'''1985''' — ''Financial Mail'', Volume 95, part 3:
*: Of the flashy car that middle-aged men of the northern suburbs have taken to buying? A '''menoporsche'''.
*'''1986''' — [[w:Iain Johnstone|Iain Johnstone]], "Film Review: Death in a French ditch", ''The Sunday Times'', 11 May 1986:
*: Take that away and the age-old problem of a young woman having an affair with an older married man (who tellingly drives a '''meno-Porsche'''), although approached with some insight from the girl's point of view, continues to remain insoluble.
*'''2004''' — Antony Mason & Marina Muratore, ''The Bluffer's Guide to Men and Women'', Oval Books (2004), ISBN 9781903096307, [http://books.google.com/books?id=YkxbZ5UKgVMC&pg=PA45 page 45]:
*: At the onset of their mid-life crisis, along with the desire to recapture their lost youth, comes a yearning for the sexy, sleek, high-performance car of their dreams — the '''menoporsche'''.
