Blokeish

For, with her keen nose for the "blokeish" and the "bonkers", not only is Cambridge's Professor of Classics (and the TLS Classics editor) in mid-season form on a whole range of issues. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"blokeish" glottal stops in his speech that used to remind us that he was a "pretty straight sort of guy", replaced by a mid-Atlantic twang that was far more user-friendly to his fee-paying audiences around the world. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The BPA shortlists were particularly blokeish in news, business and sport, bearing out the WiJ's statistics showing that editors in these departments are nearly all men. ❋ Unknown (2011)

• Unloved captains of industry flew into the Swiss resort of Davos for their annual group therapy last night, complete with women execs brought to improve their blokeish image. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Naked Apes, made by David Aukin's Daybreak Pictures, is set in Leeds and explores the world of three blokeish paramedics in the ambulance service as they ferry alcoholics and revellers to a hospital's accident and emergency department. ❋ Maggie Brown (2010)

She has many qualities, but blokeish is not one of them. ❋ Unknown (2011)

With blokeish indie rock in recession, erudite boys with fringes are enjoying their moment in the sun. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And blokeish, self-pitying aggression is one of the blogosphere's least attractive characteristics. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The two in between share a blokeish anecdote about feminised vehicles they have bestraddled. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I suppose it part of his desire not to be seen as a remote, control-freak weirdo Painted Pict but rather as a blokeish soccer fan you might meet down the pub. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For the most part, this was a blinkered return to what Manford does best: classic, chirpy-chappie standup; northern, blokeish and difficult to resist. ❋ Brian Logan (2010)

If he has a problem now, it's success: Bishop built his standup on everyday tales of a blokeish middle-aged man and his family. ❋ Brian Logan (2010)

Ken Clarke's bluff, blokeish bonhomie is for people who can't follow precise and lucid speech. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A further trademark is the blokeish matiness between Jack and his many friends and associates, which he regularly uses to help his investigation along. ❋ Maxine (2007)

Simon Armitage, a cool but blokeish Northerner with fluency and grit, could speak to the problem of disaffected teenage boys. ❋ Rus Bowden (2009)