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Mancunianism

Mancunianism noun: a word or phrase characteristic of the city of Manchester or the Mancunian dialect.

Noun

Mancunianism (plural Mancunianisms)

  1. A word or phrase characteristic of the city of Manchester or the Mancunian dialect.
    • To go along with another famous epigram from the Manchester of the period: “Adulteration of food was only a form of competition.” The two were combined in yet a third vintage Mancunianism. [footnote]1974, Steven Marcus, Engels, Manchester, and the Working Class, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 20
    • Surely there were *male* borogoves too? Never heard of mimsy meaning that down yere in Kairdiff, perhaps it's a Mancunianism.2009 December 30, Prai Jei, “Re: bad word?”, in sci.lang (Usenet)

Forms of Mancunianism

pluralMancunianisms

Origin of Mancunianism

From Mancunian + -ism.

Questions about Mancunianism

What does Mancunianism mean?
Mancunianism means a word or phrase characteristic of the city of Manchester or the Mancunian dialect.
What part of speech is Mancunianism?
Mancunianism is a noun.
What is the plural of Mancunianism?
The plural of Mancunianism is Mancunianisms.

Words near Mancunianism in the dictionary

  1. mancude
  2. mancude-ring system
  3. mancude-ring systems
  4. mancuerda
  5. Mancunian
  6. Mancunianism
  7. Mancunianisms
  8. Mancunianness
  9. Mancunians
  10. mancunide
  11. mancunt

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