# Need male version of "drama queen" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 5, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127 "2006-02-05T19:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/1 "2006-02-05T19:06:37Z")
What do you call a straight man who blows things out of proportion, overreacts to everything and need to be the center of attention, negative or positive? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/2 "2006-02-05T19:08:12Z")
> [@carlotta](#): > > What do you call a straight man who blows things out of proportion, overreacts to everything and need to be the center of attention, negative or positive? Dennis Miller or Bill Maher? ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/3 "2006-02-05T19:09:01Z")
I’ve heard the term “drama king” being used. It’s as good a phrase as any. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/4 "2006-02-05T19:31:18Z")
The original is still the best. I call 'em drama queens regardless of gender. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/5 "2006-02-05T19:39:25Z")
“Drama Queen” - Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/6 "2006-02-05T19:43:36Z")
Me too. My dad gets called a “drama queen” on occasion by us and the sound of being called a “queen” is so jarring that it makes him tone it down a bit. My dad is the very model of a modern…manly man. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/7 "2006-02-05T19:58:39Z")
Yup, “drama queen” is gender neutral. Not orientation neutral, but gender neutral… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/8 "2006-02-05T20:19:04Z")
I also say “drama queen”. It works 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/9 "2006-02-05T20:41:13Z")
Hm, so I’m the only one to suggest “asshole”? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/10 "2006-02-05T20:52:06Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Hm, so I’m the only one to suggest “asshole”? “asshole” is too general a term. “drama queen” has a very specific connotation. I use it across gender and orientation lines. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/11 "2006-02-05T21:15:26Z")
Robin Williams ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/12 "2006-02-05T21:39:37Z")
You don’t have to be female or gay to be a drama queen. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/13 "2006-02-05T21:45:22Z")
I use drama queen, too, which usually really pisses off the male drama queens I’m around. That is not exactly an undesireable side efect, IMHO. My sister **Brynda** once used the phrase “Don’t turn this into a three act opera,” but most people just look a bit blank for a split second and then go on turning whatever they are upset about into a three act opera. I still like the phrase, though. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/14 "2006-02-05T21:48:15Z")
Yup. Anyone who acts like a drama queen, is a drama queen. ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/15 "2006-02-05T21:51:47Z")
I like “prima donna” for both sexes. Though maybe the male version would be “primo don”… ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/16 "2006-02-05T22:49:09Z")
i prefer to use “girl” or “bitch”…“fag” is always good, but that’s begging to piss someone on this board off. …by the way, before i get feminininininininini-ized, those terms AREN’T synonyms ---
**Author:** ![Daffyd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daffyd/32/8923_2.png) [@Daffyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daffyd)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/17 "2006-02-05T23:42:35Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > i prefer to use “girl” or “bitch”…“fag” is always good, but that’s begging to piss someone on this board off. > …by the way, before i get feminininininininini-ized, those terms AREN’T synonyms Impressive… Did you think by mentioning it would piss people off that that would somehow neutralize the insult? Great, I get to spend my first post on some sexist Neanderthal’s homophobia… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/18 "2006-02-05T23:47:15Z")
> [@Daffyd](#): > > Impressive… Did you think by mentioning it would piss people off that that would somehow neutralize the insult? > > Great, I get to spend my first post on some sexist Neanderthal’s homophobia… > > ☹ But you spent your first post fighting ignorance. Not so bad, really. Welcome to the board! ---
**Author:** ![Taran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Taran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taran)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/19 "2006-02-06T03:33:08Z")
And not only that, you have a cool username. I’ve heard “Drama Whore” used as a gender-neutral variant of “Drama Queen”. That seemed odd to me at the time, but I guess whore is technically a gender-neutral occupation. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127/20 "2006-02-06T03:47:48Z")
> [@Taran](#): > > I’ve heard “Drama Whore” used as a gender-neutral variant of “Drama Queen”. That seemed odd to me at the time, but I guess whore is technically a gender-neutral occupation. I use “Drama Queen” for women. And “Attention Whore” as a gender-neutral term. Although I think there’s actually a subtle distinction between the two. Drama Queens crave the drama and excitement. Attention Whores also want drama and excitement, preferably focused on themselves. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-male-version-of-drama-queen/343127.md?page=2)