testrionics
Meaning
Noun
- histrionic displays, especially of machismo or male chauvinism
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Origin
- From testes, masculinizing histrionics as though it were derived from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (like hysterical into testerical), though it actually derives from histriōnicus.
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