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superbrat

noun

Etymology

From super- + brat. The term came into popular usage around 1979 when the British press branded the young American tennis star John McEnroe "Superbrat", referring to McEnroe's angry responses when a line call went against him.

  1. derived from bratt — “cloak”
  2. derived from bratchet — “bitch, hound”
  3. prefixed as superbrat — “super + brat”

Definitions

  1. A bratty superstar, especially one who plays professional sport.

    • ...McEnroe's behavior was so outrageous that the British press dubbed him Superbrat and went at him en masse.
    • How, she asked herself, could a mature man of such enormous talent sink to the level of behaving like a superbrat?
    • In the off-season, the Cardinals looked on like envious children as the superbrats made the multimillion-dollar moves that still define the game...

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