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Man Jose

Man Jose proper noun: nickname for San Jose: a major city in California, United States.

Proper noun

Man Jose

  1. Nickname for San Jose: a major city in California, United States.
    • San Jose, the county seat, is jokingly referred to as “Man Jose” by the locals, and with good reason: In the 22 to 29 age cohort, Santa Clara County has 37,410 never-married, college-grad men versus 27,147 never-married, college-grad women.[2015, Jon Birger, Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game, Hachette UK, →ISBN

Origin of Man Jose

From a purported large number of single men in their 20s and 30s compared to single women in the same age group.

Questions about Man Jose

What does Man Jose mean?
Man Jose means nickname for San Jose: a major city in California, United States.
What part of speech is Man Jose?
Man Jose is a proper noun.

Words near Man Jose in the dictionary

  1. man in the street
  2. man in white
  3. man is a wolf to man
  4. man is the measure of all things
  5. man it out
  6. Man Jose
  7. man juice
  8. man lift
  9. man lifts
  10. man look
  11. man looks

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