Looking for a good man-word

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Thu Mar 22 22:10:06 UTC 2007


On Mar 22, 2007, at 10:04 AM, Chris Blankenship wrote:

> Here's one. I have a friend who refers to the shoulder bag that
> some guys
> carry around as a man purse.

please, please, check back to mark's original list (on which this
appears) and the follow-ups.  we don't need fresh associations with
"man-" words when they've already come past.

arnold

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