Looking for a good man-word

Cole Paulson cpaulson at STANFORD.EDU
Wed Mar 21 23:27:19 UTC 2007


Man-slut, man-skank, man-whore: masculine versions of feminine insults for
primiscuity. Pretty common on college campuses.

On 3/21/07, Mark Peters <markpeters33 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Subject:      Looking for a good man-word
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> I'm working on a possible article about the man-word trend. I have a lot
> of examples, but I'm sure they're just the tip of the man-berg. The words
> I've collected so far:
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>   man bag
>   man blouse
>   man cave
>   man juice
>   man laws
>   man purse
>   man space
>   man suit
>   man thong
>   man-bender
>   man-boobs
>   man-breasts
>   mancation
>   man-crush
>   mandal
>   man-date
>   man-dress
>   manfriend
>   man-hug
>   mankini
>   man-loaf
>   manmaries
>   manny
>   manorexia
>   manscaping
>   man-seed
>   man-spat
>   manties
>   mantique
>   man-tits
>   manzillian
>   menaissance
>   moobs
>   moobster
>   murse
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>   Any additions to the list would be appreciated!
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>   Mark
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