(slang) Literature perceived to appeal to, or be marketed at, young men or bros, typically concerning violence, adventure, war, and military themes.
(slang) Literature perceived to appeal to, or be marketed at, young men or bros, typically concerning violence, adventure, war, and military themes.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(British) Male-authored popular novels about young men and their emotional and personal lives.
(US, _, slang) Resembling or characteristic of a frat boy in behavior or appearance.
(slang, often, derogatory) A member of a fraternity.
(US, slang, dated) A member of a fraternity in a college or university.
The crushing, highly specific disappointment of an event or moment that was supposed to go off but landed completely flat. A lit fail isn't just a bad time — it's the ruins of a good time that could have been. The venue was overhyped, the DJ played nothing right, the group text was busier than the actual party. Lit fails are often most painful because the expectations were set so high by the buildup. Every group has at least one legendary lit fail story that still gets brought up years later as a cautionary tale about premature hype.