badassery

English

Etymology

badass +‎ -ery

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /bædˈæsəɹi/

Noun

badassery (uncountable)

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

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