cromagnon
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Cro-Magnon
slang A reference to early European modern humans. Often left uncapitalized in writing; sometimes spelled as a single word.
1. noun A crude, boorish, typically unintelligent or backwards-thinking person, especially a man. There are always a couple of Cro-Magnons who whistle lewdly at me as I walk by the construction site on my way home from work. Get your hands off of me, you cromagnon!
2. adjective Describing or characteristic of such a person. The new CEO has promised to overhaul some of the company's cro-magnon policies that conflict with its new, more progressive ideals.
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cromagnon
(kroˈmægnən) n. an ugly male. (see also neanderthal, which is a variety of man presumed to be uglier and less like modern man.) Who is that cromagnon you were with last night?
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