Meanings
comparative more testerical · superlative most testerical
- Overly aggressive, irritable, or unreasonable, as from being overwhelmed by testosterone.
If the police at the G20 protests were pumped-up, testerical, itching for a fight, it was partly because their commanding officers have spent years blurring the distinction between peaceful campaigners and terrorists.
2009 April 21, George Monbiot, “G20 videos won't change the Met”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Origin
From testes, by analogy to hysterical. Coined by American activist Juli Loesch in 1972 along with testeria.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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