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caveman

[kayv-man] / ˈkeɪvˌmæn /


NOUN
cave dweller
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They knock people sideways before receding into the ocean of imagination that’s existed since the first caveman looked up at the stars and said, “Funny story about those.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025

But it’s also part of Netflix’s “rise and fall” true crime genre, cautioning against believing in figures like Johnson, who hooks young men by flogging a version of caveman masculinity that associates virility with dominance.

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2025

"I gotta go into my cave and become a caveman," he told CBS news.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024

Bringing the new view to the public hasn’t been easy, Gurche said: “This caveman image is very persistent.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2023

I’d be their version of a caveman, of a guy so undeveloped, so confused by fast objects, that I’d probably get killed in my first winter without thermal underwear.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

You can see that time-bending mash-up in the costumes, with some folks in bright plastic wigs and others in horns and mohawks and dreadlocks like 21st century cavemen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025

At which point, they had to come running toward the roo, bellowing and brandishing their golf clubs like cavemen on the fifth hole, just to get it to stop charging.

From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2023

"Readers can expect to meet characters ranging from cavemen to gnomes, wizards to ghosts, and read about time travel tourism, the haunting of Council offices, and a visitor from another planet," the publisher added.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2023

It dates to cavemen wrestling or so some experts on prehistory claim.

From Washington Times ● May 27, 2020

His dad said even the cavemen had geniuses among them.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins


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