macho
nounEtymology Borrowed from Spanish macho (“male”), from Latin masculus. Doublet of male.
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A macho person; a man who is masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way.
- You can tell a macho, he has a funky walk / His western shirts and leather, always look so boss1978, “Macho Man”, performed by Village People:
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A very masculine man.
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Machismo
- […] about how the military is anti-gay and uses intimidation and peer pressure. How it promotes a sense of false macho and patriotism.1980 August 30, Jil Clark, quoting Bob Andrews, “Gays Talk About Registration and the Draft”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 9:
- Though there was plentiful evidence to the contrary that should have made plain to him the hairy masculine macho of German gays, Hitler's stereotyped image perceived them as woman-like, surrendering, and therefore essentially weak.1981, Frank Rector, The Nazi Extermination of Homosexuals, page 33:
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- On this day, when tens of millions of men, and women, are watching this yearly celebration of American macho, we'd like them to stop and think about the prevalence of male violence against women and what they can do to end it.1990 February 4, Laura Briggs, quoting Jackson Katz, “Men March Against Sexism During Superbowl”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 2:
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The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, syn. Mugil mexicanus).
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A male llama.
- Derived terms
- antimacho, hypermacho, macho dancer, machodom, machoflops, machohood, macho-ish, machoism, machoistic, machoistically, macho man, machoness, machosexual, macho up, nonmacho, supermacho, ultramacho, unmacho
- Related terms
- machismo, masculinist