superbrat
superbrat noun: a bratty superstar, especially one who plays professional sport.
Noun
superbrat (plural superbrats)
- A bratty superstar, especially one who plays professional sport.
- ...McEnroe's behavior was so outrageous that the British press dubbed him Superbrat and went at him en masse.1979, The New Yorker, volume 55, page 126
- How, she asked herself, could a mature man of such enormous talent sink to the level of behaving like a superbrat?1990, Una-Mary Parker, Veil of Secrets
superbrat meaning in Bengali
superbrat in Bengali
- একজন অসভ্য মহাতারকা
Forms of superbrat
| plural | superbrats |
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Origin of superbrat
From super- + brat. The term came into popular usage around 1979 when the British press branded the young American tennis star John McEnroe "Superbrat", referring to McEnroe's angry responses when a line call went against him.
Questions about superbrat
- What does superbrat mean?
- Superbrat means a bratty superstar, especially one who plays professional sport.
- What is superbrat in Bengali?
- Superbrat in Bengali is একজন অসভ্য মহাতারকা. See Superbrat meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is superbrat?
- Superbrat is a noun.
- What is the plural of superbrat?
- The plural of superbrat is superbrats.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: superbrat (page history and authors); superbrat (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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