Black Panther-esque

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of Black Panthers.

Meanings

adjectiveBlack Panther-esque (comparative more Black Panther-esque, superlative most Black Panther-esque)

comparative more Black Panther-esque · superlative most Black Panther-esque · alternative Black Pantheresque

  1. Resembling or characteristic of Black Panthers.

    In live performance, the original line-up often drew controversy for their theatrical use of Black Panther-esque gear and terrorist-style masks.

    2013, Prasad Bidaye, “Outernational Transmission: The Politics of Activism in Electronic Dance Music”, in Kit Dobson, Áine McGlynn, editors, Transnationalism, Activism, Art, Toronto, Ont.; […]: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 142
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    And in New York the flashback was Black Panther-esque, circa 1970. “I don’t care about no facts,” said Tawana Brawley’s lawyer Alton [Henry] Maddox [Jr.], according to a former aide to Al Sharpton, as the Brawley case entered its fourteenth year of dominating the news.

    1988 September, “Yikes! September! Anxiety season”, in E[dward] Graydon Carter, Kurt Andersen, editors, Spy […], New York, N.Y.: Spy Publishing Partners, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 3

    But it’s not until Scotty gets rubbed out and left on Gunn’s doorstep one morning that our hero blows a gasket and takes the law into his own hands (with the aid of some new Black Panther-esque pals).

    1996, Steve Puchalski, “Black Gunn (1972)”, in Steve Puchalski, editor, Shock Cinema […], number 8, New York, N.Y.: Steve Puchalski, →OCLC, page 25, column 1

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