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lad culture

lad culture noun: a subculture which arose in the United Kingdom in the 1990s, centered around traditional working-class male attitudes and interests, often in rejection of the perceived strictures of feminism or the concept of the New Man.

Noun

lad culture (uncountable)

  1. (UK) A subculture which arose in the United Kingdom in the 1990s, centered around traditional working-class male attitudes and interests, often in rejection of the perceived strictures of feminism or the concept of the New Man.
    • This is frequently traced back to the birth of lad culture in the mid-90s, which itself tends now to be characterised as a reaction against “feminism gone too far”.2023 September 18, Zoe Williams, “The nasty noughties: Russell Brand and the era of sadistic tabloid misogyny”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Questions about lad culture

What does lad culture mean?
Lad culture means a subculture which arose in the United Kingdom in the 1990s, centered around traditional working-class male attitudes and interests, often in rejection of the perceived strictures of feminism or the concept of the New Man.
What part of speech is lad culture?
Lad culture is a noun.

Words near lad culture in the dictionary

  1. Lacy Swiss
  2. lacydonid
  3. lacydonids
  4. Laczny
  5. lad
  6. lad culture
  7. lad lit
  8. lad mag
  9. lad mags
  10. lad of wax
  11. lad's love

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