Definition of "laddish" [laddish]

• Like a stereotypical jack the lad: boorish, reckless, inclined to binge drinking, etc. (adjective)

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• "The news today that female Labour MPs are complaining about the "laddish" culture in Number 10 Downing Street should be seen as preparing the way for the Labour Party to kick Gordon Brown out after the Norwich North by-election."
• "His personal life also tend to support the 'laddish' attitude he seems to have when writing these types of things."
• "In the UK, "laddish" magazines sell strongly compared with "meterosexual" offers -- the new man either doesn't exist in enough quantities to keep a magazine afloat, or he doesn't want to be seen buying it."