We’ve all been there before. You’re getting dressed or shopping, you’re outfit comes together just as you envisioned or your Dries Van Noten Tie Dye Button Down fits just right and then you hear it —usually from a women- “ooouuu that’s cute” or “what a pretty color.” Pretty and cute, just words right; Adjectives that arguably repeatedly used all of our vocabularies used to describe attractive without using the B word. Any man comfortable in his sexuality can take the compliment for what it is and use the words to describe ones self. A$AP proclaimed to be that “pretty motherfucker” on Wassup — and he later told Swedish police that was his nickname when he was arrested on alleged assault charges over the summer. Masculinity hasn’t gotten toxic enough to attach an unwelcome stigma to these adjectives that would cause men to play hot potato with words (its better to be pretty cute than choosy over compliments and viewed plain ugly) however, our language is filled with words that in essence, are equivalent to the manly way to say cute or pretty.

In an effort to expand ones vocabulary and to put some respect on macho verbiage, below you’ll find 10 manly adjectives to use for your next compliment.