badassery

English

Etymology

badass +‎ -ery

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bædˈæsəɹi/

Noun

badassery (uncountable)

1. (US, slang, sometimes considered vulgar) The behaviour or quality of a badass; belligerence, audaciousness, etc.
   • 2010, Richard K. Morgan, The Steel Remains, link:

     Think The Dying Earth with added barbarian badassery — this is some very superior genre-blending.

   • 2010, Daniel Nayeri, Another Pan‎^[1], page 179:

     ...he could always remember the badassery it took to survive the labyrinth.

   • 2012, Danny Vittore, Back the Fuck Up!: Wild Animals That Don't Give a Shit!, page 77:

     ...the crowning moment of badassery

Synonyms

• badassness