Cowboyitis

Quick meaning: Cowboyitis is a noun meaning A desire to lead the life of a cowboy, e.g. to own or work on a ranch or wear stereotypical trappings such as a cowboy hat, cowboy boots, etc.

Meaning

A desire to lead the life of a cowboy, e.g. to own or work on a ranch or wear stereotypical trappings such as a cowboy hat, cowboy boots, etc.

Example Sentences

Seth laughed. "We must be nuts—we spend all day looking at the south end of a northbound cow!" Ben give a half-smile. "Well, my dad's never cared much about money." "Course not. He's here for the same reason as me and all the rest. We've all been bit by the same bug—we've got cowboy-i-tis."

He owns a horse, a Morgan filly named Funquest Siri, and soon he'll own a ranch near Kansas City (he won't say where). Moreover, Brett has the chafed fanny and blistered memories of riding a real roundup back to his claim. It's not unreasonable to credit some of Brett's cowboyitis for his more relaxed personality since the baseball strike ended.

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Related dictionary entries include cowboyism, cowboy, cowgirl, cowkid, cowchild, cowherd.

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