"mannery"

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Scot LaFaive<slafaive at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Nor am I, but I can't help wondering whether "manneries" in the plural
>> might not have had an alternate career as a way of representing those
>> oversize chests on certain individuals of a male persuasion, the kind for
>> which the "manzeer" or "bro" were proposed (by, if memory serves, Mr.
>> Constanza).
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> Now that's a usage I could get behind! And, yes, Frank Constanza proposed
> the Manzeer while Kramer proposed the Bro, but Constanza thought that name
> "too ethnic."
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> Scot

Shit! Won't nobody give no brother no break! ;-)

-Wilson

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> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
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>> At 9:37 AM -0500 7/7/09, Scot LaFaive wrote:
>> >Is it just me, or is the world going completely blend crazy lately?
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>> >On a side note, I never noticed how ambiguous that phrase "is it just me"
>> >can be. For the record, I'm not blend crazy.
>> >
>> >Scot
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>> Nor am I, but I can't help wondering whether "manneries" in the
>> plural might not have had an alternate career as a way of
>> representing those oversize chests on certain individuals of a male
>> persuasion, the kind for which the "manzeer" or "bro" were proposed
>> (by, if memory serves, Mr. Constanza).
>>
>> LH
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>> >On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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>> >> Â That's right, "mannery." Used several times on last night's installment
>> of
>> >> Â "Millionaire Matchmaker."
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>> >> Â It means chain, rings, or other jewelry worn by men.
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>> >> Â JL
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