Meaning of machoish | Babel Free

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Adjective. [B2]

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“Certainly there are other changes as well; God becomes more universal instead of being mostly a tribal god, he becomes more transcendent and doesn't guide⟳ history as actively, more of a neo-platonic philosophical entity than the machoish Lord and Judge⟳ of deutero-Isaiah, and so forth.”

“[R]etired U.S. Army Colonel Charles Beckwith (the first commander of the U.S. military’s secret “Delta” counterterrorist force⟳ and the man who lead⟳ the attempt⟳ to free U.S. hostages in Iran in 1979) testified that yes, he sometimes glanced at the personal-service ads, but no, he “didn’t pay⟳ a lot of attention” to them. “You read⟳ one of these, it sounds so machoish, it just—it didn’t make⟳ my heart beat⟳ fast so I’d go on to something else that did.””

“Anyway, it’s like⟳ South City, modern machoish punk that might appeal to a baseball cap, snowboarding, SUV driving type⟳ of crowd, I don’t friggin’ know⟳…”

““And who am I, Sydney?” / “Ashleigh. Guitarist.” / “Derek here,” a machoish boy joined in. “Think⟳ The Sox will win⟳?””

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