superbrat
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Noun[edit]
superbrat (plural superbrats)
- (informal, chiefly derogatory) A bratty superstar, especially one who plays professional sport.
- 1979, The New Yorker[1], volume 55, page 126:
- ...McEnroe's behavior was so outrageous that the British press dubbed him Superbrat and went at him en masse.
- 1990, Una-Mary Parker, Veil of Secrets:
- How, she asked herself, could a mature man of such enormous talent sink to the level of behaving like a superbrat?
- 2006, Buzz Bissinger, Three Nights in August:
- In the off-season, the Cardinals looked on like envious children as the superbrats made the multimillion-dollar moves that still define the game...