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new lads

new lads is the plural of new lad.

Meaning of new lad

Noun

new lad (plural new lads)

  1. (UK) A sexist young man who embraces traditional male attitudes.
    • What we are dealing with here is the New Lad, a rather schizoid, post-feminist fellow with an inbuilt psychic regulator that enables him to imperceptibly alter his consciousness according to the company he keeps. Basically, the New Lad aspires to New Man status when he's with women, but reverts to...1991 May/June, Sean O'Hagan, “The Reinvented Man”, in Arena, page 22

Questions about new lads

What is new lads the plural of?
New lads is the plural of new lad.

Words near new lads in the dictionary

  1. new kids on the block
  2. New Kingdom
  3. New Labour
  4. new lad
  5. new laddish
  6. new lads
  7. New Lambton
  8. New Lambton Heights
  9. New Lanark
  10. New Lane
  11. New Latin

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