Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dick lit

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.07 in modern English

Syllables: dick- lit
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Literature which appeals to, or is marketed toward, male readers.

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

""I am really tired of reading about sad women and bad sex, especially in laddish terms - all that dick-lit stuff," she says dismissively."
"She knew that he read books. Okay, so it was that trendy kind of real-life adventure-tragedy-on-Everest-in-Antarctica-in-Krakatoa-with-sharks-with-fire stuff. Sure, it was Dick Lit (a term Nina had coined in response to Chick Lit), but they were books, for god's sake, and not just the sports or business pages that many men considered "reading.""
"Peter Cameron's Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You has been touted as the current generation's Catcher in the Rye (both the Chbosky and Cameron titles provide teen dick lit alternatives to the many adolescent chick lit offerings)."

Etymology

dick (“penis”) + lit (“literature”), as a play on chick lit.

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

chick lit lad lit

Synonyms

manfiction

Questions

What does dick lit mean?: Literature which appeals to, or is marketed toward, male readers.
Where does dick lit come from?: dick (“penis”) + lit (“literature”), as a play on chick lit.

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