bar stool

plural bar stools · alternative barstool

1. A stool used for sitting, often taller than a chair and usually having a foot rest, commonly placed in bars and in front of kitchen counters.

   It's lacking something big this time. What the hell did you expect to find? Aphrodite on a bar stool by your side?

   1992, “Pieces of the Night”, in Doug Hopkins (lyrics), New Miserable Experience, performed by Gin Blossoms

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   Although we are no longer consigned to the bar stool and bottle, we still generally frequent these places to enhance our difficult egos.

   1973 December 22, W. Emerson Smith, “Friends are Hard to Come By”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 27, page 7

   Synonyms: bar chair

2. attributivemetonymicallyThe male-dominated milieu typically associated with bars, in particular sports bars.

   barstool conservatism

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   I have many male friends, and they frequently include me in barstool-punditry sessions where they pontificate, often with wisdom and insight, on the issues of the day.

   2024 July 25, Xochitl Gonzalez, “What the Kamala Harris Doubters Don’t Understand”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 12 Aug 2025

   Accordingly, Trump and Von’s conversation rambled through classic barstool topics: their favorite fighters, Kid Rock’s golf swing, and the question of why people no longer have heart attacks from the excitement at sporting events.

   2024 August 23, Helen Lewis, “Trump and the Cocaine Owl”, in The Atlantic