homme fatale

1. French for deadly man.
2. the male equivalent of a femme fatale.

Tom Ripley is the homme fatale in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). He deceives everyone, uses his boyish charm to attract people (male and female) into relationships, and eventually they die from getting to close to his secrets.

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Homme fatale

The masculine form of "femme fatale".

Womanizers, playboys, casanovas fall under this category.

girl 1: look at that guy

girl 2: he's homme fatale

girl 1: what?

girl 2: you know, playboys, womanizers, etc

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