testrionics

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Definition of testrionics

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (plural, plural-only)histrionic displays, especially of machismo or male chauvinism
    “I'd suggest that any "testrionics" are more about men who fear homosexuailty than about feminists who do not seem to fear such.”
    “The cop is a nice, fair guy, and he loves and respects his attorney wife - no macho testrionics there.”
    “They can't help their testronics.”

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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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