Two more nominations for the Man-Word Dictionary, both gleaned from the Sept. 16 New York Times men's fashion magazine:
Mantry: a manly approach to the culinary arts; from man + pantry. The Times has been using this word as the title of a regular column since 2004, but I somehow failed to notice it previously.
Menergy: As in this citation from the introduction to the editorial well:
(men' ər-jē) / n. / A campy contraction of "men" and "energy" that sounds like the name of a congenital bachelors’ bar but encapsulates the anti-metrosexual, hypermasculine vigor currently coursing through men’s wear, e.g., "Praise the gym gods: the menergy crisis is over," or, "Seriously, the menergy at Dolce & Gabbana was palpable."
(Alas, "hypermasculine" was not the word that sprang to mind when I perused this photo-essay in the same fashion supplement. Coats with three-quarter-length sleeves? Worn with elbow-length leather gloves? Not, of course, that there's anything wrong with that.)
Elsewhere, Polyglot Conspiracy refreshes our memory about "manties" (man + panties). Back in May, SNL "Weekend Update" anchor Seth Meyers revealed that he wears neither briefs nor boxers.
Enjoy my original post on man-words and my post on the ManQuarium, perhaps after pouring yourself a nice glass of Mannish-evitz.
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