ladettish

comparative more ladettish · superlative most ladettish

1. informaluncommonRelating to, or displaying behavior associated with, a ladette.

   Celebration is not easy to define, but is not to be confused with self-gratification, buffoonery, laddish or ladettish behaviour.

   2007, Anna Kiernan, Bit on the Side : Work, sex, love, loss, and own goals, Parthian, page 156

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   The school, through its strong intervention at this stage, is giving them a reason not to be laddish (or ladettish!), offering them almost a face-saving device to enable them to work without undermining their own sense of ‘being a lad or a ladette’.

   2005 November, Mike Younger, Molly Warrington, Ros McLellan, Raising Boys' Achievement in Secondary Schools, McGraw Hill Education, page 108

   That said, the central importance of socio-culturally based strategies in challenging notions of ‘laddish’ masculinity and ‘ladettish’ femininity, and engaging peer leaders with their schooling, emerges as a compelling priority for intervention work.

   2010 November, Martyn Long, Clare Wood, Karen Littleton, Terri Passenger, Kieron Sheehy, The Psychology of Education, Taylor & Francis, page 181

   The project also addressed “laddish masculinity” and “ladettish femininity,’ British terms for gender stereotypical attitudes and behaviors.

   2012 February, Jody Heymann, Adele Cassola, editors, Lessons in Educational Equality: Successful Approaches to Intractable Problems Around the World, Oxford University Press, page 275