superbrat
nounEtymology From super- + brat. The term came into popular usage around 1979 when the British press branded the young American tennis star John McEnroe "Superbrat", referring to McEnroe's angry responses when a line call went against him.
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Derogatory, Informal A bratty superstar, especially one who plays professional sport.
- ...McEnroe's behavior was so outrageous that the British press dubbed him Superbrat and went at him en masse.1979, The New Yorker, volume 55, page 126:
- How, she asked herself, could a mature man of such enormous talent sink to the level of behaving like a superbrat?1990, Una-Mary Parker, Veil of Secrets:
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- In the off-season, the Cardinals looked on like envious children as the superbrats made the multimillion-dollar moves that still define the game...2006, Buzz Bissinger, Three Nights in August: