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man mode

man mode noun: a state of mind in which one is too fatigued to contribute, make decisions or do anything beyond the bare minimum required.

Noun

man mode (uncountable)

  1. (Singapore, slang) A state of mind in which one is too fatigued to contribute, make decisions or do anything beyond the bare minimum required.

Verb

man mode (mostly invariable)

  1. (Singapore, invariable, slang) To make no effort to contribute to the task at hand; to be too fatigued to do anything; to idly go with the flow.
    • It was in the army that I learnt the term ‘man-mode’ which is used to describe someone who doesn’t care or doesn’t make any effort to contribute to the team.2022 May 15, Joseph Low, ““Don’t Man-Mode Leh”: What Does Taking Responsibility Mean?”, in Medium, archived from the original on 16 May 2022
    Synonyms:
    eye power

Synonyms of man mode

Forms of man mode

alternative formman-mode

Origin of man mode

Compound of man + mode.

Questions about man mode

What does man mode mean?
Man mode means a state of mind in which one is too fatigued to contribute, make decisions or do anything beyond the bare minimum required.
What part of speech is man mode?
Man mode can be a noun or a verb.

Words near man mode in the dictionary

  1. man magnet
  2. man magnets
  3. man maker
  4. man management
  5. man milk
  6. man mode
  7. man o' war
  8. man of action
  9. man of culture
  10. man of few words
  11. man of gingerbread

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