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The confidence testosterone sells you, right before it quietly thins your hair.
means The quality of being vigorously, robustly masculine — especially in physical strength and sexual potency.
from From Latin virilis, 'of a man,' rooted in vir, meaning 'man' (as opposed to woman or boy). That same vir gives English virtue — which originally meant manly excellence, courage, and strength before it softened into moral goodness. Virility kept closer to the original muscle of the word.
- etymology
- from Latin vir, meaning man
- peak irony
- same hormone fuels muscle and baldness
- marketing myth
- oysters contain zinc, not magic
- cultural inflation
- often confused with actual fertility