Meaning of locker room talk | Babel Free
Definitions
A type of boastful, lurid, chauvinistic conversation that commonly takes place in all-male locker rooms, especially such conversation concerning sexual conquests and the like.
Equivalents
Svenska
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Examples
“Locker room talk⟳ is both sports talk⟳ and dirty talk⟳. Men compete⟳ with one another (thus the sports talk⟳), but they control⟳ the anxieties associated with competition by downgrading the prize they all want⟳—women.”
“This was locker room talk⟳. I'm not proud of it. I apologize to my family. I apologize to the American people. Certainly I'm not proud of it. But this is locker room talk⟳.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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