Jordanesque

English

Etymology

Jordan +‎ -esque

Adjective

Jordanesque (comparative more Jordanesque, superlative most Jordanesque)

1. Reminiscent of Michael Jordan (born 1963), American former professional basketball player.
   • 1998, Geneviève Rail, Sport and Postmodern Times, page 212:

     Here a small black child, tongue hanging out in true Jordanesque fashion, attempts to imitate one of Jordan's explosive moves to the basket.

   • 2009, Ric Merrifield, Rethink, page 62:

     When he announced that he was going to try his hand at professional baseball, few skeptics were bold enough to suggest that this career turn would be anything but another Jordanesque dazzler.

   • 2011, Robert Strauss, Daddy's Little Goalie, page 53:

     As she was on her approach to the hoop, taking that first Jordanesque liftoff step, her mouth guard fell floorward. Undeterred, she kept going up with the ball in her right hand.

2. (informal) Large-breasted, like former glamour model "Jordan" (Katie Price, born 1978).
   • 2004, Mark Worrall, Over Land and Sea:

     Captivated by her beauty, her wasp-like waistline and, most importantly, her Jordanesque chest measurements, I'd made a reasonable fist of chatting her up.

   • 2005, Tribune, volume 69, page 28:

     John McCririck has made a right t*t of himself on Celebrity Big Brother, not least when he took off his shirt to reveal his Jordanesque bosom.

   • 2012, Acklima Akbar, And Then There Was Swine Flu, page 99:

     Hazel […] is resplendent in a much too tight fitting scarlet shirt with ruffles, that seem to extend her chest to Jordanesque proportions […]