tacticool
English
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[edit]tacticool (not comparable)
- (slang) Having the impressive appearance, but not the functionality, of tactical military equipment, or being functional but also risibly tryhard about badass appearance.
- 2010, Kresley Cole, Demon from the Dark, page 81:
- Though I dig the tacticool chic, Dixon, I'm an immortal, remember? Unless that gauze can fix a beheading.
- 2014, Daniel Tyler, How to Be Tacticool: A Satirical Guide:
- 2017, Mike Yarbrough, The Guy's Guide to Pocket Knives:
- Tacticool? In the last few decades, the tactical folder has dominated the knife market. The demand for these folders has been so great that the marketplace has been flooded with cheap alternatives to this hardier knife, […]