ball-breaker

See also: ballbreaker

English

Alternative forms

ballbreaker

Etymology

ball +‎ breaker

Pronunciation

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Noun

ball-breaker (plural ball-breakers)

(idiomatic, 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!

Synonyms

Related terms

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

Translations

Something or someone annoying

French: (vulgar) casse-couilles (fr) m or f, (vulgar) brise-burnes (fr) m or f, orchidoclaste (fr), (colloquial) enquiquineur (fr)
Greek: σπασαρχίδης (el) m (spasarchídis), σπασαρχίδω f (spasarchído)

Italian: rompiballe m or f, rompicoglioni (it) m or f

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