English

Alternative spellings
ballbreaker

Noun
en-noun|sg=ball-breaker

1. context|idiom|vulgar A person or task which is excessively demanding or punishing.

#:My slave-driving boss expects me to work over the weekend. What a ball-breaker!

Usage notes
Indicates that a person is determined to psychologically emasculate a male, not literally to crush his testicles.

Synonyms
ball-buster
taskmaster

Related terms
ball-break (common inflected form breaking my balls )
ball-breaking adjective

ru:ball-breaker

• 2007-11-25 04:35 - WikiPedant - expanded {{en-noun}}; tightened defn; tweaked example sentence; added "Synonyms"; copyedited a bit

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