... manyerisms

[Laurence Horn]

I found a few hits for "maneurythmics", not far from "maneurythms", which is pretty close to "manyerisms", but I think I was pushing it.  ("Maneurythmics" itself seems to derive from "Missionary Man" + "Eurythmics", the latter being the group that recorded the former.  Go know.)  Maybe "mannerisms" + "manufactured", as in put on, feigned.

LH

On Jul 6, 2011, at 5:32 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> At 7/6/2011 01:01 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>> A caller from Iowa observed that Casey exhibits many of the same
>> "manyerisms" as the convicted  killer Scott Peterson.
>
> Was that pronounced "manureisms"?
>
> Joel
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