ladettish

English

Etymology

From ladette +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /læˈdɛtɪʃ/

Adjective

ladettish (comparative more ladettish, superlative most ladettish)

1. (informal, uncommon) Relating to, or displaying behavior associated with, a ladette.
   • 2005 November, Mike Younger, Molly Warrington, Ros McLellan, Raising Boys' Achievement in Secondary Schools, McGraw Hill Education, page 108:

     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’.

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

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

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

     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.

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

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

Derived terms

• ladettishness