I find it puzzling that so many people have a visceral negative reaction to the phrase "Man Cave."
I created a poll with the possible reasons I could come up with. Please vote so I can stop scratching my head about this, I'm already thin enough up there!
(By the way, I refer to my own subterranean retreat as the "Dan Cave"! Now, that's funny.)
Shudder a bit anytime someone calls my office/gameroom a cave. So it gets dark, it's not damp and musty 
I'll tell you what I hate about "Man Cave" more than anything: Real estate agents!
My brother and I casually invest in real estate, and EVERY agent that shows a house with a "finished" basement immediately tell us what a great Man Cave it would make. Puke.
Quoted from tandem2:I don't like it, overused, corny. Kinda like 'master suite' and 'en suite'
Like it or not, it's a name that will forever be used by 99%+ of the population to describe that sacred place where a man goes to escape. 
It's like being called a "Pinball Wizard" all the time. Good luck getting everyone to stop calling you one. 
Quoted from pinball4ever:Like it or not, it's a name that will forever be used by 99%+ of the population to describe that sacred place where a man goes to escape.
It's like being called a "Pinball Wizard" all the time. Good luck getting everyone to stop calling you one.
Man Cave is lame, but Pinball Wizard is worse.
Man caves have a bit of everything, bar, sports memorabilia, home theatre
Pinsiders have games rooms
We like pinball!
Dan
As a master of the English language I am surprised this flies with you. It certainly isn't a cave and I have seen your daughter and one other female enter yours on the limited occasions I have been there.
It's just one of those sayings that makes me cringe for no good reason. Probably because the kind of man who would dwell in a man cave is not what I want to be.
Like Grandpa Simpson said, "here's a list of words I never want to hear on TV again: bra, horny, family jewels." He should have added man cave.
Man cave probably sounds pretty good to the guy that made up the term.
You have to wonder if someone like that doesn't swing both ways though.
I will say that it's overused but I don't dislike it. To me, it just describes a cool place to be and hangout. I'd like to think my basement is such a place.
My kids bought me a "man cave" sign to hang on the wall going into my basement quite a few years ago. It's still hanging there and I never even think about it.
I'm good with mancave.
Dave
Man cave, game room, Pincade, barcade, pinball wizard, geek, nerd, dork, dumb ass, What ever. I'm not politically correct. I have a man cave, my wife has her diva den.
But most of the time I just call it my outrageously expensive compulsive addiction middle aged crises mentally dysfunctional toy room.
What I really hate are these damn smiley faces everyone uses. 
Just give me a blow your head off smiley face and I'd be happy.
Quoted from Gatecrasher:the term Man Cave
should remind all you guys over 40 to get that rectal exam...seriously.
I have always hated the word. It just sounds so....ugh. It makes it sound like we were sequestered to one and only one area of the house - like we can't be ourselves anywhere else. That or maybe I should start carving hieroglyphics on my wall and go "UGGG UGG...ZUG, mug doag fire, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERF!"
Should we start calling the kitchen the "woman's place" ? I doubt it would go over very well.
We call it Dadland in my house. Its the one room my daughters toys are not allowed...she can bring them in but they must leave with her.
None of the poll descriptions nail it for me...
Its a lame term invented by a crappy cable channel to describe a spot that a sissy-man hangs out and drinks 1 craft brew beer before getting yelled at to do the dishes by his domineering porker of a wife.
Quoted from NPO:Should we start calling the kitchen the "woman's place"
Start? that's been a thing for a loooong time.. although I think it's finally accepted generally as very offensive in most places. But anyway that's not a valid comparison.. calling the kitchen the woman's place is offensive, a man cave is just a place to hang out and relax.. totally different sans for the women that DO like to hang in the kitchen and find cooking relaxing.
I didn't realize that many people had a problem with man cave.. I love having a man cave. It's not that you are relegated to one place to be yourself, it's just the room in the house that is full of all the fun stuff.
Quoted from TOK:None of the poll descriptions nail it for me...
Its a lame term invented by a crappy cable channel to describe a spot that a sissy-man hangs out and drinks 1 craft brew beer before getting yelled at to do the dishes by his domineering porker of a wife.
Said it better than I could have. The term annoys me in the same way Home Improvement (or any family sitcom) did. The dad is an idiot animal and the sassy wife is there to set him straight.
I don't like it just because it seems childish, totally cliche, lacks any kind of imagination. "No women allowed!" Reminds me of a treehouse for a kid. Girls, Keep out! lol, that idea is for 10 year olds and 30 year old virgins.
The place where chicks don't like to stay more than 5 minutes cause they find it borring and don't understand.
We just call it game room too.
Quoted from Nevus:Don't care, but wouldn't describe it that way. I just say game room.
Technically it's my " escape place" , but don't really care what anybody calls it.....I just end up there most nights.....
Like it or not it's here to stay. Some people hate everything...........me, almost everything................
The term 'man cave' is equivalent to someone calling you a 'pinball wizard' when they find out you own pinball machines. It's cliche and overused.
My wife had bought me a 'man cave' sign for my game room (which is filled with all sorts of signs) for Xmas a few years ago. Took me about 9 mos to mustard up the chonies to tell her I hated that term (and sign). I didn't mind so much though cause she means well and cares a lot of my little boy toy entertainment.
Quoted from arcademojo:blow your head off smiley face
Could you imagine how overused the barfing one would be...or what if instead of thumbs down it was a barf squirt with all subsequent barf shots filling up the barf worthy post window until you couldn't even read it anymore.
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