Looking for a good man-word
Karl Hagen
karl at POLYSYLLABIC.COM
Wed Mar 21 22:56:48 UTC 2007
What about "man wagon"?
Mark Peters wrote:
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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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