Timeline for Term for group of guys attempting to show who is alpha?
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| Jul 5, 2017 at 5:39 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/882474003981631488 | ||
| Jun 30, 2017 at 12:54 | comment | added | Strawberry | I like 'preening', 'cock waving' | |
| Jun 30, 2017 at 7:59 | answer | added | Allan S. Hansen | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 30, 2017 at 7:30 | answer | added | Y.S. | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 30, 2017 at 6:38 | comment | added | P. E. Dant | Republicans. . . . | |
| Jun 30, 2017 at 6:21 | answer | added | Neil_UK | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 29, 2017 at 21:37 | comment | added | Gary | dickheads - their dicks have gone to their heads (temprarily) | |
| Jun 29, 2017 at 19:07 | answer | added | HonoredMule | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 29, 2017 at 3:28 | comment | added | Masked Man | "Alpha wannabes" sounds entirely appropriate, it shows them about as much respect as their behaviour deserves. | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 23:53 | answer | added | John Smith | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 16:52 | comment | added | HotelCalifornia | One colloquialism I haven't seen in the answers yet is "sausage fest" | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 15:47 | answer | added | bruised reed | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 12:58 | comment | added | RIanGillis | This is not proper English, but in some online circles the acronym AMoG has been used as a verb. Alpha Male of the Group: AMoGing (goo.gl/SQ7gkM). For less bastardized/ tortured/ degraded language I would go with the current highest-voted answer: "posturing". | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 10:25 | answer | added | Eliot G York | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 4:11 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| Jun 28, 2017 at 2:01 | comment | added | HopelessN00b | @talrnu for some people, that's a turn-on, not an act of aggression, so there's that too. Maybe the OP should have asked for a synonym with less erotic undertones. :o | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 0:25 | answer | added | Eliot G York | timeline score: 30 | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 23:53 | comment | added | Dave | I like "waving their dicks around" but that's definitely aggressive. | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 22:57 | answer | added | BenL | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 22:45 | answer | added | Hot Licks | timeline score: -3 | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 22:24 | comment | added | Mazura | Are you trying to describe the meeting, the men, or their attitude? Title asks about them; body asks about the meeting. Rather than being productive, every one was [ being an X or X-ing ] in order to show that they were the one actually in control. | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 20:10 | comment | added | talrnu | What do you mean by "Similar to pissing contest - but not in an aggressive manner"? A pissing contest is no more "aggressive" than any other contest of comparison - unless you're pissing on each other perhaps, but that's not usually part of the metaphor. | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 18:48 | answer | added | English Student | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 18:38 | answer | added | Shane | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 17:56 | comment | added | Drew | The word for that is probably guys. ;-) | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 17:48 | answer | added | RichB | timeline score: 49 | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 17:47 | answer | added | user147593 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 16:39 | comment | added | Bradley Uffner | "Pack Behavior" fits nicely with the concept of "Alpha (dog)"/ | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 16:31 | comment | added | Patrick M | This is clearly a bro-down. | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 15:52 | answer | added | Roger Sinasohn | timeline score: 22 | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 15:28 | answer | added | Michael Seifert | timeline score: 42 | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 15:28 | answer | added | SteveES | timeline score: 30 | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 15:27 | review | Close votes | |||
| Jun 28, 2017 at 13:23 | |||||
| Jun 27, 2017 at 15:25 | comment | added | choster | If you have a group of male peers participating equally, the braggadoccio and ribbing are banter (or male banter), but it's not really clear what your scenario is depicting. Is one person trying to be the leader and the leadership being rejected? What is the social distance between the participants? Is this a casual or formal exchange? | |
| S Jun 27, 2017 at 15:21 | history | edited | Roger Sinasohn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 27, 2017 at 15:19 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jun 27, 2017 at 15:19 | comment | added | thomas | "well that meeting was more of a X than being productive with Greg trying to show he was in control" | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 15:09 | comment | added | Roger Sinasohn | Please include more context and a sample sentence showing how you would use the word or phrase (put and X or ___ where the word would go). What other terms have you considered and why did they not suit your needs? | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 14:55 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jun 27, 2017 at 14:52 | history | asked | thomas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |