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- noun Acronym of
middle-aged man in Lycra - a previously non-athletic person, typically male between 35 and 50, who has taken up cycling seriously for health and/or social reasons.
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Examples
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Ki Price Simon Mottram outside his studios But how and why does a middle-aged man become a MAMIL middle-aged man in Lycra?
When Just Any Old Lycra Won't Do Tina Gaudoin 2011
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My dog pointed out that I've missed the age cutoff for a MAMIL.
BSNYC Friday Hoedown of Smugness! BikeSnobNYC 2010
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