Testerical
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Overly aggressive, irritable, or unreasonable, as from being overwhelmed by testosterone.
"If the police at the G20 protests were pumped-up, testerical, itching for a fight, it was partly because their commanding officers have spent years blurring the distinction between peaceful campaigners and terrorists."
Example
More examples"If the police at the G20 protests were pumped-up, testerical, itching for a fight, it was partly because their commanding officers have spent years blurring the distinction between peaceful campaigners and terrorists."
Etymology
From testes, by analogy to hysterical. Coined by Juli Loesch in 1972 along with testeria.
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