male chauvinist pig
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of male chauvinist pig
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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That phrase "toxic masculinity" didn't exist then, but the phrase that did was, "male chauvinist pig."
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2020
The first film is about the 1973 match between Billie Jean King and the self-proclaimed male chauvinist pig and former world No 1 Bobby Riggs; the second focuses on the 1980 Wimbledon final.
From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2017
But they were the comments not of a male chauvinist pig, but Australia's most internationally famous feminist, Germaine Greer.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2012
On camera, Actress Candice Bergen stood her ground against an Italian male chauvinist pig in Lina Wertmuller's The End of the World in Our Usual Bed, etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
Those who would call him a male chauvinist pig must account for his fervent championing of Gloria Steinem and Germaine Greer.
From Time Magazine Archive
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