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tacticool

tacticool adjective: having the impressive appearance, but not the functionality, of tactical military equipment, or being functional but also risibly tryhard about badass appearance.

Adjective

tacticool (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Having the impressive appearance, but not the functionality, of tactical military equipment, or being functional but also risibly tryhard about badass appearance.
    • Though I dig the tacticool chic, Dixon, I'm an immortal, remember? Unless that gauze can fix a beheading.2010, Kresley Cole, Demon from the Dark, page 81
    • Tacticool? In the last few decades, the tactical folder has dominated the knife market. The demand for these folders has been so great that the marketplace has been flooded with cheap alternatives to this hardier knife, […]2017, Mike Yarbrough, The Guy's Guide to Pocket Knives

Origin of tacticool

Blend of tactical + cool.

Questions about tacticool

What does tacticool mean?
Tacticool means having the impressive appearance, but not the functionality, of tactical military equipment, or being functional but also risibly tryhard about badass appearance.
What part of speech is tacticool?
Tacticool is an adjective.

Words near tacticool in the dictionary

  1. tacticians
  2. tacticities
  3. tacticity
  4. tactick
  5. tacticks
  6. tacticool
  7. tactics
  8. tactics RPG
  9. tactile
  10. tactile graphics
  11. tactile ground surface indicator

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