Meanings
nounlad mag (plural lad mags)
plural lad mags · alternative lads' mag · alternative lad's mag
- UKinformalA magazine aimed at young men, typically containing suggestive photographs of female models and articles about cars, tools, music, film, sport, and sexual encounters.
FHM and Zoo are to close by the end of the year, marking the end of the lads’ mag era that dominated UK magazine publishing in the late 90s and early 2000s.
2015 November 17, Jasper Jackson, “FHM and Zoo closures mark end of lads' mag era”, in The Guardian
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