laddish
adj/ˈlædɪʃ/
Etymology From lad + -ish.
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UK Like a stereotypical Jack the lad: boorish, reckless, inclined to binge drinking, etc.
- […] versions of a laddish or protest heterosexual masculinity […]2003, Linda McDowell, Redundant Masculinities?: Employment Change and White Working Class Youth:
- This underachievement is linked to a laddish culture […]2006, Carolyn Jackson, Lads and Ladettes in School: Gender and a Fear of Failure:
- Derived terms
- laddishly, laddishness
- Related terms
- new laddish