Looking for a good man-word

[Chris Blankenship]

Here's one. I have a friend who refers to the shoulder bag that some guys
carry around as a man purse.

On 3/22/07, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> manhandle
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> That would be a man thing.
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> >From: Michael H Covarrubias <mcovarru at PURDUE.EDU>
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> >Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:16:14 -0400
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> >man date: a planned outing - or perhaps an edict of "man law"
> >manzierre: we mustn't forget this and the "bro"
> >man-gina: unfortunately not referring to male chest-pain
> >manscara: popular with glams, goths and metros
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> >Quoting Mark Peters <markpeters33 at YAHOO.COM>:
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> > > I'm working on a possible article about the man-word trend. I have a
> lot
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> > > 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
> > >
> > >   Any additions to the list would be appreciated!
> > >
> > >   Mark
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