manning up!

[Jonathan Lighter]

My recent post on the "Re: Bad Girls Speak" thread includes a quote from an
African-American stripper, age about 22, encouraging herself to "man up!"

JL

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Evan Morris <words1 at word-detective.com>wrote:

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> Last night's season premiere of the TV show "Hoarders" (A&E) highlighted
> a moment when a distraught daughter, in the course of an emotional
> tirade, ordered her demented mother (in her 70s, I'd say) to "Man up!"
> and start throwing stuff away.
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