What do you think about men changing words to make they seem more manlier? E.G manny, manbag.

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It’s mostly because of Movies, TV shows, ads, and the Web. They are “news worthy”, although not new. Man bag was around in the late last century (1968 per one source). The words are used primarily to draw attention to non-traditional role reversal, as in male nanny = manny, for the purposes of selling the stories. It’s about as silly as any ‘fad’ words, and probably as short-lived.

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