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Origin Ireland, (Dublin), derogatory, mocking. The word hardshaw is one used to describe a person who is trying too hard to be tough usually through overly aggressive behaviour (nothing to do with anti alpha maleness but rather the misrepresentation of toughness). Used to describe one who is perhaps over compensating with verbiage and bravado for an underlying lack of true strength. A person who is trying to prove their toughness by flaunting signals of grit.
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