laddish

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English

Etymology

From lad +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

Adjective

laddish (comparative more laddish, superlative most laddish)

  1. (British) Like a stereotypical Jack the lad: boorish, reckless, inclined to binge drinking, etc.
    • 2003, Linda McDowell, Redundant Masculinities?: Employment Change and White Working Class Youth:
      [] versions of a laddish or protest heterosexual masculinity []
    • 2006, Carolyn Jackson, Lads and Ladettes in School: Gender and a Fear of Failure:
      This underachievement is linked to a laddish culture []