Noun

(-)

exaggerated masculinity

* Germaine Greer:

The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.

Noun

(en-noun)

A braggart.

* {{quote-book, year= 1652

, year_published= 1834 , author= (Thomas Urquhart) , by= , title= The Works of Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty, Knight , url= http://books.google.com/books?id=eU0JAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA217 , original= , chapter= ????????????? (The Jewel) , section= , isbn= 0707303273 , edition= , publisher= , location= Edinburgh , editor= , volume= , page= 217 , passage= the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy, and Bragadochio brags of all other countries, could no more astonish his invincible heart, then would the cheeping of a mouse a bear robbed of her whelps. }}

Empty boasting.