"man up"

[Wilson Gray]

Not very long ago, I heard "nut up" used by a female character in the
same manner as "man up," on some random sitcom.

-Wilson

On 12/2/06, Gordon, Matthew J. <GordonMJ at missouri.edu> wrote:
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> The "man up" usage mentioned by Jonathan Ligher is apparently part of a =
> productive pattern. I seem to remember a discussion here some years back =
> about "cowboy up." More surprising to me are examples like:
>
> ballsy up:  "...sooner or later Brit cops are going to ballsy up and sue =
> or threaten strike for side arms..."
> http://forums.officer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3D56295
>
> gutsy up: "Start off with some raw oysters (they don't steam 'em here, =
> so gutsy up)."
> http://primary.lodging.com/auto/article-affiliates.cgi?name=3DA+Guided+To=
> ur+of+Key+West&remote=3Dcarston
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> These surprised me b/c they involve derived adjectives which I find =
> harder to make into verbs.
>
> BTW, I came across these in looking for examples of "gutsy up" as an =
> eggcorn for "gussy up". I found at least one clear example of this:
> "been running around all day and taking care of some cleaning and =
> laundry! going to get all gutsy up for later tonight"
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> -Matt Gordon
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> Subject:      WUXTRA ! WUXTRA!: "hike down," "man up"
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> Fox's Alisyn Camerata on the Britney photos (there are at least two of =
> them): "She doesn't appear to be trying to hike her skirt down."
>
>   Fox's Kelly Wright, upbraiding notably inarticulate photographer Edwin =
> Merino for his "lack of responsibility in releasing these photos" which =
> could encourage going commando by the bimbo masses: "But come on, man =
> up, where's the responsibility here? Didn't you think that [etc., =
> etc.]?"
>
>   UrbanDictionary.com has "man up" back to 2002. It's hard to search =
> for.
>
>   Observers noted that the BRITNEY COMMANDO! caption was unaccompanied =
> by glossarial interpretation.
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