superjock

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ jock

Noun[edit]

superjock (plural superjocks)

  1. An athletic macho man.
    • 1999, Ebony, volume 54, number 4:
      The 10 hottest couples in Black America include a celebrity author and her young husband, an NBA superstar and his Grammy Award-winning fiancee, and a radio superjock and his fitness expert fiancee.
    • 2002, Rita Freedman, Bodylove, page 26:
      Team participation and the worship of sports heroes has put enormous pressure on young males to look and act like superjocks. This has prompted the abuse of steroid hormones by young athletes []
    • 2007, Katherine Spencer, Saving Grace, page 63:
      Everyone thought Dylan Sloan was hot. Even my friends, who assumed all rich, popular superjocks were idiots.