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lad mag

lad mag noun: a magazine aimed at young men, typically containing suggestive photographs of female models and articles about cars, tools, music, film, sport, and sexual encounters.

Noun

lad mag (plural lad mags)

  1. (UK, informal) A magazine aimed at young men, typically containing suggestive photographs of female models and articles about cars, tools, music, film, sport, and sexual encounters.
    • FHM and Zoo are to close by the end of the year, marking the end of the lads’ mag era that dominated UK magazine publishing in the late 90s and early 2000s.2015 November 17, Jasper Jackson, “FHM and Zoo closures mark end of lads' mag era”, in The Guardian

Forms of lad mag

plurallad mags
alternative formlads' mag
alternative formlad's mag

Questions about lad mag

What does lad mag mean?
Lad mag means a magazine aimed at young men, typically containing suggestive photographs of female models and articles about cars, tools, music, film, sport, and sexual encounters.
What part of speech is lad mag?
Lad mag is a noun.
What is the plural of lad mag?
The plural of lad mag is lad mags.

Words near lad mag in the dictionary

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

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