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badassery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /bædˈæsəɹi/ (US)

Etymology

From badass + -ery.

Meanings

  1. (US, qualifier:sometimes considered vulgar, slang, uncountable) The behaviour or quality of a badass; belligerence, audaciousness, etc.
    • ...he could always remember the badassery it took to survive the labyrinth. 2010, Daniel Nayeri, Another Pan, page 179:
    • ...the crowning moment of badassery 2012, Danny Vittore, Back the Fuck Up!: Wild Animals That Don't Give a Shit!, page 77:
    • Think The Dying Earth with added barbarian badassery — this is some very superior genre-blending. 2010, Richard K. Morgan, The Steel Remains, link:

Synonyms

badassness

Translations (2)

es acojonamiento (Translations) · es acojone (Translations)