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ballsy

[bawl-zee] Origin

balls·y

[bawl-zee]
adjective, balls·i·er, balls·i·est. Slang: Usually Vulgar.
boldly aggressive or courageous: a ballsy gal who isn't afraid of anyone.

Origin:
1955–60; balls + -y1; compare -sy

balls·i·ness, noun
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Ballsy is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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ballsy (ˈbɔːlzɪ)
 
adj
slang courageous and spirited
 
[C20: from balls meaning courage, forcefulness]

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ballsy
"courageous, masculine," 1959, first attested in Norman Mailer (writing of Truman Capote); see balls.
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ballsy definition


  1. mod.
    courageous; daring; foolhardy. (Usually said of a male. Usually objectionable.) : Who is that ballsy jerk climbing the side of the building?
  2. mod.
    aggressive; masculine. (Said of a female, especially a masculine female. Usually objectionable.) : You act too ballsy, Lillian. You put people off.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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