"mannery"

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:37 AM -0500 7/7/09, Scot LaFaive wrote:
>Is it just me, or is the world going completely blend crazy lately?
>
>On a side note, I never noticed how ambiguous that phrase "is it just me"
>can be. For the record, I'm not blend crazy.
>
>Scot

Nor am I, but I can't help wondering whether "manneries" in the
plural might not have had an alternate career as a way of
representing those oversize chests on certain individuals of a male
persuasion, the kind for which the "manzeer" or "bro" were proposed
(by, if memory serves, Mr. Constanza).

LH

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>On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Jonathan Lighter
><wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>  That's right, "mannery." Used several times on last night's installment of
>>  "Millionaire Matchmaker."
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>>  It means chain, rings, or other jewelry worn by men.
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>>  JL
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