Testrionics
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 histrionic displays, especially of machismo or male chauvinism plural, plural-only
"I'd suggest that any "testrionics" are more about men who fear homosexuailty than about feminists who do not seem to fear such."
Example
More examples"I'd suggest that any "testrionics" are more about men who fear homosexuailty than about feminists who do not seem to fear such."
Etymology
From testes, masculinizing histrionics as though it were derived from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus”) (like hysterical into testerical), though it actually derives from histriōnicus (“pertaining to acting”).
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