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blokeyness

noun

Etymology

From blokey + -ness.

  1. borrowed from loke — “man”
  2. derived from block
  3. borrowed from ploc — “large, stubborn person”
  4. borrowed from bloc — “block”
  5. suffixed as blokey — “bloke + y”
  6. suffixed as blokeyness — “blokey + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being blokey.

    • Because the Sydney newspaper scene was dominated by a culture of alcohol-fuelled blokeyness, sexism and misogyny, Murdoch and Rabin introduced some groundbreaking recruitment practices.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA