Attitude and Backbone

Attitude

Attitude noun - A general way of holding the body.

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Backbone and attitude are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Backbone" instead a noun "Attitude".

Backbone noun - A column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal.

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Attitude and backbone are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attitude" instead a noun "Backbone".

Nearby Word: backboned

Took a Level in Badass: Jimmy Five — ahem, Jim — grows some backbone in the Manga and starts to call out Monica on her violent tendencies and bossy attitude.

Source: Comic Book / Monica's Gang
Bill Leeb, an early member of Skinny Puppy, tamed his former group's bizzare experimentalism by building his songs around an EBM-ish backbone and going all-out Cyber Punk in attitude.

Source: Industrial
So, she kisses him, then gives him a hard slap to the face—the latter for her excessively Nice Guy attitude making him looks of having no backbone at all.

Source: Kiss-Kiss-Slap

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