badassy

English

Etymology

From badass + -y.

Adjective

badassy (comparative badassier or more badassy, superlative badassiest or most badassy)

  1. (US, slang) Characteristic of a badass; impressively tough or audacious.
    • 2011 June 28, Chris Baker, “Prototype: Gotz of the Iron Hand—Fierce Knight, Fearsome Prosthetic”, in Wired:
      the six million Dollar Man, Darth Vader, Robocop—we have a passion for badasses who restore their mortal bodies with machinery. One of the earliest and most badassy cyborg action heroes was born 500 years ago in Württemberg, Germany.
    • 2018 May 16, Lauren Mechling, “Jen Sincero says she can make you a badass – has it worked for her millions of readers?”, in The Guardian:
      Sincero belongs to that tradition, and urges her readers to identify their dreams and take terrifying risks in order to be the “brightest, happiest, badassiest version of yourself”.
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