alpha up

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of alpha male + up.

Verb[edit]

alpha up (third-person singular simple present alphas up, present participle alphaing up or alpha-ing up, simple past and past participle alphaed up or alpha-ed up)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To make or become more characteristic of an alpha male.
    That dude just alpha-ed up on this police officer by shoulder checking him. Insane!
    • 2022, Kevin Garnett, KG, page 40:
      With that easy attitude, he alpha-ed up the park.
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