Meanings
nouncocksmanship (uncountable)
- uncountableStereotypically aggressive male behaviour.
- USuncountablevulgarMale sexual ability or prowess.
Why is it that a woman always thinks that the most savage thing she can say to a man is to impugn his cocksmanship?
1976, Paddy Chayefsky, Network, spoken by Max Schumacher (William Holden)1 more example
It plays as elegant, for the most part—or at least as elegant as can be imagined when you've got Euron Greyjoy trying to rate his cocksmanship against Cersei's late husband and brother.
2019 April 14, Alex McLevy, “Winter is Here on Game of Thrones’ Final Season Premiere (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2020
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