laddish
Britishadjective
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Jackson’s definitive sequence — the song “Get Back” emerging as Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr are jamming one morning — merges laddish camaraderie with deep artistic instinct.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2021
They also hope it helps challenge perceptions about the sometimes "laddish" culture associated with men's sports teams.
From BBC ● May 4, 2021
By treating such behavior as “locker-room talk” or laddish behavior, they helped smooth the ground for all the predators to come.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2017
It is, at times, genuinely creepy, especially as Cooper’s laddish confidence disintegrates as his computer-rendered terrors slowly crush his resolve.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 25, 2016
"Agony," sung by the cast's two Princes, Jeremy Peter Johnson and John Tufts, is appropriately performed with laddish brio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2014
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