heropanti
Indian slang for a bold, swagger-filled attitude — the kind of confident, larger-than-life energy you see in Bollywood heroes who walk in slow motion, look impossibly cool, and never back down from a challenge.
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Indian slang for a bold, swagger-filled attitude — the kind of confident, larger-than-life energy you see in Bollywood heroes who walk in slow motion, look impossibly cool, and never back down from a challenge. 'Heropanti' describes someone who acts like the main character in their own movie: fearless, showy, and utterly sure of themselves. It can be used admiringly for genuine confidence or mockingly for someone who is putting on a performance of toughness. Either way, it's got serious masala.
He walked into the meeting room, refused to sit down, and delivered his whole pitch standing up — pure heropanti, and it somehow worked.
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(India) A self-confident attitude.
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