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try-hard, n. and a. colloq. (chiefly Brit. and Austral.).
Brit. |ˈtrʌɪˌhɑːd|, U.S. |ˈtraɪˌhɑrd|
[‹ try v. + hard adv., after die-hard adj.]
A. n. A person who tries very hard; (in later use usually) a person regarded as trying too hard to achieve something, esp. popularity or acceptance.
Quot. 1922 is prob. a nonce-formation unconnected to the later evidence.
1922Times 21 Jan. 12/2 The country did not want cryhards or diehards: it wanted tryhards and workhards.
1982Times 16 June 10/2 The try hards make their way into the one year sixth form. 1987Herald (Melbourne) (Nexis) 19 Oct. My brother's friends are real try-hards. They think it's [sc. smoking] really tough and it's something against their parents. 1994J. Birmingham He died with Felafel in his Hand (1997) vi. 130 They were always coming around. Her brother, the young yuppie try-hard. Brown leather jacket, blue chambray shirt. Fancied himself a bit of an operator. 2001Broadcast 26 Oct. 14/4 Friends go further, suggesting he's a try-hard and can take himself too seriously. He is worthy and principled, finding current affairs..difficult to switch off from.
B. adj. Relating to or designating a person or thing regarded as trying extremely or excessively hard; overeager, overzealous.
1983Financial Times 9 Dec. ii. 15/3 The best feature of this tryhard but ultimately tedious and repetitive slice of futuristic camp is its one ‘normal’ character: a lantern-jawed young German. 1993Face Sept. 159 Love Muscle is never any danger of being London's hippest gay club—with an 1,100 capacity at Brixton's Fridge the Saturday nighter knows it does well to leave that particular territory to the try-hard brigade. 1994T. Boswell Cracking Show ix. iv. 238 The Jays' try-hard, overachieving sparkplug. 2000Elle Sept. 329 For years, anything more than a slick of Vaseline or a brush of mascara was considered too try-hard to be cool. |