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- noun
Ball-breaker .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing
- noun a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence
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Examples
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I guess fans are kind of freaked out that I'm going to turn into this huge ball-buster!
Criminal Minds' A.J. Cook: Get Ready for a Different JJ 2011
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Now add political ball-buster to pop sensation Lady Gaga's impressive list of attributes.
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You really gotta love that one incident where a woman who has a reputation as a ball-buster and seems to make Maggie Thatcher warm & cuddly gets choked up, now stamps her as a cry baby. 35 years of working on women's rights and this is what she gets.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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You really gotta love that one incident where a woman who has a reputation as a ball-buster and seems to make Maggie Thatcher warm & cuddly gets choked up, now stamps her as a cry baby. 35 years of working on women's rights and this is what she gets.
Hillary Clinton crying is so funny! Especially on your birthday... 2008
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Bitchney: "I've been called a 'ball-buster' before, but who knew that I was actually that good at it?"
Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12 : "One of My Good Dogs," The 8-Second Man 2010
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Now add political ball-buster to pop sensation Lady Gaga's impressive list of attributes.
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Bitchney: "I've been called a 'ball-buster' before, but who knew that I was actually that good at it?"
Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12 : "One of My Good Dogs," The 8-Second Man 2010
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If an Obama campaign volunteer emailed a friend to say "Hillary Clinton's a real ball-buster," and that friend wasn't really much of a friend but passed it on to Drudge, would that prove that the Obama campaign was coordinating an effort to use gutter-level sexist campaign tactics?
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Does he not understand that one of the main reasons Palin has had such broad appeal is that beneath the pretty smile she projects the image of a real ball-buster?
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He's more than qualified for an informal role as back-up ball-buster.
Obama And Secretary Of State Hillary: Good Cop, Bad Cop 2009
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