"locker room talk" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: locker room + talk, from the stereotype of crude conversations taking place in athletic locker rooms. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|locker room|talk}} locker room + talk Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} locker room talk (uncountable)
  1. (slang) 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. Tags: slang, uncountable Synonyms: guy talk, bro talk, locker-room talk Related terms: boys will be boys Translations (locker room talk): omklædningsrumssnak [common-gender] (Danish), grabbig [adjective] (Swedish)

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