tacticool

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adjective

Having the impressive appearance, but not the functionality, of tactical military equipment, or being functional but also risibly tryhard about badass appearance.

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Meanings

adjectivetacticool (not comparable)
  1. not comparableslangHaving the impressive appearance, but not the functionality, of tactical military equipment, or being functional but also risibly tryhard about badass appearance.

    Though I dig the tacticool chic, Dixon, I'm an immortal, remember? Unless that gauze can fix a beheading.

    2010, Kresley Cole, Demon from the Dark, page 81
    1 more example

    Tacticool? In the last few decades, the tactical folder has dominated the knife market. The demand for these folders has been so great that the marketplace has been flooded with cheap alternatives to this hardier knife, […]

    2017, Mike Yarbrough, The Guy's Guide to Pocket Knives

Origin

Blend of tactical + cool.

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APA

tacticool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tacticool

MLA

“tacticool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tacticool. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tacticool,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tacticool.

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