| 释义 |
ball-buster slang (orig. U.S.).
[ball n.1 15 b.]
= prec.
1954J. A. Weingarten Amer. Dict. Slang 15/2. 1975 Verbatim Feb. 5/2 The term ballbuster..is a graphic, forceful expletive, typically applied to a domineering female. 1980M. French Bleeding Heart vii. 258 A woman who blames men or male society for anything, who complains, is seen as a..castrator, an Amazon, a ballbuster.
So ball-busting ppl. a.
1944W. L. Moore in L. Warfield Fighting Words 92 Connelly was coming to look upon shore patrol as merely a time-killer, a ball-busting detail, something a little less foolish than continual close order drill. 1974Black World Aug. 11/2 We can begin by seeing what Black women have done with the legendary and romanticized image of the Black woman as Superwoman—bad-talking and ball-busting, strong enough to sustain her family and herself through the hardest conditions. 1978J. Wambaugh Black Marble xv. 346 Couple a real ball-bustin cops! How bout that! |