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    Why Do Words That Start With "Man" Sound So Wrong and Messed Up?

    Why do words that start with "man" sound so wrong and messed up?

    I don't want to get into examples that are too inappropriate (even though those ones are the ones that are perfect examples to my question), but manchild, mancub (from the Jungle Book), and Manbat (a villain from the Batman series) are some (G-Rated) examples that come to mind.

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    I don't think "mandatory" sounds too messed up :P
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rebellious Eagle View Post
    I don't think "mandatory" sounds too messed up :P
    That's not exactly the kind of "man" word I was thinking of.

    ...if I really must post some examples, I guess I have no choice. I better not get warned for this, especially since I'm only posting the second half of the word.

    Tart, thong, crush, butter, boob.

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    Eww...

    Make it stop.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Evastio View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Rebellious Eagle View Post
    I don't think "mandatory" sounds too messed up :P
    That's not exactly the kind of "man" word I was thinking of.

    ...if I really must post some examples, I guess I have no choice. I better not get warned for this, especially since I'm only posting the second half of the word.

    Tart, thong, crush, butter, boob.

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    Eww...

    Make it stop.
    Do not worry, friend. Caught one episode once very late at night after everyone passed out (friends and I went to a bar that night). I couldn't sleep, and the show came on whatever channel my friend left his TV on. I then became agitated drunk instead of insomnia drunk.

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    Manassas.

    Wait, that's a name of a city. Does that count?

    Apparently, I have been declared banished.

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    It has nothing to do with the show (though you got me curious about it now). Just the phrase "Manswers" sounds disturbing. I just find words with "man" in front of them to sound really gross and awkward (there are some exceptions like mango and mandrake). I don't really know why words like that weird me out (though it probably has to do with how wrong those five man examples I previously posted are).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fynn View Post
    Jinx you are absolutely smurfing insane. Never change.

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    This looks almost like a manual.


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    Dang you T's_Bs that's the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread, and I don't have anything else to contribute.

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    Ugh, hate that word. Truly an ugly word.

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    I take it Evastio can't manhandle manly words.

    Apparently, I have been declared banished.

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    Frankly I'm worried about the utter lack of Chris in this thread.

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    I wonder if it's the manopause.


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