ball-buster

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"Now to pretend that this was some sort of crazy once-in-a-lifetime tsunami that no one could see coming is disengenous at best and criminal at worst," the Emmy-winning ball-buster said.

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  1. a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing
  2. a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence

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  • Watching the first fifteen minutes of this Icelandic festival entry I thought I'd come across your typical Icelandic popular comedy; there is a phone that goes off in a wedding ceremony, a fat man falling out of a row boat and a mother-in-law who was a ball-buster on wheels. —  Phawker
  • Not another man, but a woman … a mother … a wife … a go-getter … a ball-buster. —  Dizzy Girl
  • As opposed to Hillary, who lost the election for herself because she was a ball-buster. —  Tennessee Guerilla Women
  • I guess this has been said before, but does Kate realize what an emasculating, ball-buster she can be? —  Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider
  • Contrary to instinct, ball-buster Martha Stewart did not write this book. —  The Laughing Stork with Candy Kirby | The Lighter Side of Parenthood
 

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