Han Solo

plural Han Solos

1. informalA proactive, self-reliant, or risk-taking person or creature.

   I'm as big of a Han Solo as everyone else, but this is where reading the manual comes in handy.

   2004, Simon Carless, Gaming Hacks, page 168

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   I make this point as I see quite a number of eager investors trying to be property Han Solos — that is, trying to do everything themselves.

   2012, Steve McKnight, From 0 to 260+ Properties in 7 Years, unnumbered page

   Swallows are the Han Solos of the bird world. Their movements seem spastic in their capriciousness and perilous in their execution.

   2020, Jim Ruland, "Dreaming Underwater, Part Two: Incidents of Travel in Yucátan, Volume 666", Razorcake, December 2019 - January 2020, page 8

2. informalA man whose rebellious or disreputable nature makes him attractive; a bad boy.

   So was that the problem? Deep down did I prefer the dangerous ones? The Han Solos?

   2011, Vanda Symon, Containment, page 168

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   Even at age eight the middle Taylor son had understood the appeal of the bad-boy. Let Luke Skywalker get the glory—the Han Solos of the world were the ones who got the girl.

   2012, Leslie Kelly, Here Comes Trouble, unnumbered page

   A skilled raconteur and an unashamed prankster, Feynman was the Han Solo of physics.

   2019, Tim James, Fundamental: How Quantum and Particle Physics Explain Absolutely Everything (Except Gravity), unnumbered page