A person who WANTS to be tough by saying shit about others and saying that they're strong enough already. However, most of these wannabe tough guys are either scrawny loners,fatasses, or jocks who taken steroids.

They mostly talk about their strength,weight,height,etc even though most people won't care.

If you're encountering a wannabe tough guy, ignore them. Remember, they talk soo much yet they do very little.

Somebody who frequents internet message boards and chat rooms and tries to project an image of being a badass. Typical internet tough guy behavior may include:

- Claims to be a master of any number of martial arts styles.
- Claims to be incredibly strong and physically fit.
- Threatens violence against other message board members or chat room users who anger or annoy him.
- May claim to an ex-Marine, ex-Special Forces, or gangsta.
- Makes exaggerated claims about his own sexual prowess and ability to seduce women.

Most internet tough guys are liars, and are actually angry, socially-awkward young males who use the internet as a place to act tough because they can't pull it off in real life.

Being so tough that you would get away with wearing a cowboy hat at any time and any place. You'd also pick cigarette butts off grimey streets and smoke them.

Another version of "being cruel to be kind". To show somebody some tough love today will save them heartache in the future but may cause a small amount of upset for the reciever immediately after the "Tough Love" has been dispensed. They would suffer more if you let them get on with their life with no interference from third parties.

Originated on Taste of Chaos 2007 in tour catering, it has since spread to Warped Tour and Family Values; it's also been popularized among high school students in Shanghai, China by an American grad student teaching English/History classes there.

Initially used to describe life on the road (hard work, constant annoyances, temperature extremes), it also checkmates complainers by referencing the universal toughness of life (and says, "I don't care".)

Can also be said to oneself after failing / not getting what you want / getting in trouble.

Noun.

Refering to a person of large physical stature, or strength.

To pull off the name "Fuck", you've gotta be tough.

If you're a mountain man, your double tough.

The transformation of the people of the United States from being a nation of hardworking, emotionally tough people to being a country where having a tough boss requires a therapist and two Xanax pills per day. This is caused by the teachings of Oprah & company, who preach connection with a person's "inner feelings".