lad lit

noun

Etymology

Modeled on lad mag and perhaps chick lit.

Definitions

  1. Male-authored popular novels about young men and their emotional and personal lives.

    • Just Like You could stand alone as the ladlit-meets-mumlit social satire that it is, its vicious wit paradoxically interwoven with tenderness and empathy.

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