Meaning of ladettishness | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being ladettish; the behaviour of a ladette.

informal, rare, uncountable

Examples

“Although television can deal brilliantly with such figures in documentary form, its current tone is anti-introvert. Loudness, gregariousness, lad- and ladettishness are imperative. You must be larky, joshy, noisy, especially if you are young.”

“[…] there is emerging evidence, too, that issues of ladettishness are impacting upon an increasing number of girls.”

“The impact of the culture of laddishness (Yates 1997; Francis 2000; Warrington et al., 2000) and more recently of ‘ladettishness’ (Jackson 2006), as some boys and some girls develop defensive behaviours, such as the rejection of academic work and disengaged behaviour to minimise the risk of academic failure.”

“Chris Moyles (love him or loathe him, you've got to loathe him) is on hand for laddishness, Stacey Solomon for ladettishness.”

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