locker room banter
Crude athletic chatter
Locker room banter is crude, often sexually explicit talk supposedly typical of men in athletic changing rooms—boasting about conquests, rating women's bodies, trading vulgar jokes.
The phrase gained prominence as a defense for recorded offensive speech: It was just locker room banter.
The term implies such talk is harmless and universal among men, though critics reject both claims.
- trash talkCompetitive verbal intimidation
- talking smackMaking insulting remarks
- ribbingAffectionate verbal teasing
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
- guysPeople, informally addressed
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locker room banterformal address
Respectful way of speaking
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