testrionics
Meanings
noun
- histrionic displays, especially of machismo or male chauvinism
Word forms
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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