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cool pose

cool pose noun: a tough, fearless, aloof attitude said to be adopted by black men as a coping mechanism to deal with racial oppression.

Noun

cool pose (countable and uncountable, plural cool poses)

  1. A tough, fearless, aloof attitude said to be adopted by black men as a coping mechanism to deal with racial oppression.

Forms of cool pose

pluralcool poses

Origin of cool pose

Coined in the 1990s by Richard Majors and Janet Mancini Billson in Cool Pose: The Dilemmas of Black Manhood in America.

Questions about cool pose

What does cool pose mean?
Cool pose means a tough, fearless, aloof attitude said to be adopted by black men as a coping mechanism to deal with racial oppression.
What part of speech is cool pose?
Cool pose is a noun.
What is the plural of cool pose?
The plural of cool pose is cool poses.

Words near cool pose in the dictionary

  1. cool off
  2. cool one's heels
  3. cool one's jets
  4. cool out
  5. cool pop
  6. cool pose
  7. cool poses
  8. Cool S
  9. cool store
  10. cool stores
  11. cool story bro

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