badassery meaning (slang): definition, etymology and quotations

badassery

noun

US /bædˈæsəɹi/

Etymology From badass + -ery.

US, Slang The behaviour or quality of a badass; belligerence, audaciousness, etc.

Sometimes considered vulgar

Think The Dying Earth with added barbarian badassery — this is some very superior genre-blending.2010, Richard K. Morgan, The Steel Remains, link:
...he could always remember the badassery it took to survive the labyrinth.2010, Daniel Nayeri, Another Pan, page 179:

1 more example

...the crowning moment of badassery2012, Danny Vittore, Back the Fuck Up!: Wild Animals That Don't Give a Shit!, page 77: