Looking for a good man-word

[James Knight]

Are verb forms allowed?

     man-scaping

Trimming / sculpting body hair.

(from a Queer Eye episode)

-jk

At 10:04 AM 3/22/2007, you wrote:
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>Here's one. I have a friend who refers to the shoulder bag that some guys
>carry around as a man purse.
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>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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> > Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
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> > >From: Michael H Covarrubias <mcovarru at PURDUE.EDU>
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> > >Subject: Re: Looking for a good man-word
> > >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
> > >of
> > > > examples, but I'm sure they're just the tip of the man-berg. The words
> > >I've
> > > > collected so far:
> > > >
> > > >   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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