malestream

adj

Etymology

Blend of male + mainstream.

  1. derived from *srew-
  2. inherited from *srowmos
  3. inherited from *straumaz
  4. inherited from *straum
  5. inherited from strēam
  6. inherited from streem
  7. compounded as mainstream — “main + stream
  8. compounded as malestream — “male + mainstream

Definitions

  1. Mainstream and usual, from the point of view of the man, though actually biased towards…

    Mainstream and usual, from the point of view of the man, though actually biased towards men.

  2. A male-dominated mainstream.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for malestream. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA