laddish

Etymology

lad + -ish

adj

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

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