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mans

mans

20 9.9
A group of male friends used in casual speech
  • noun
  • /mænz/
  • Slang
translation icon : colegas
  • You know what it is, man, Tell me.

Examples

  • Even the Internet was like, man, ask him.

  • That was a good delivery there man Thanks.

  • And he said, calm down, man, calm down.

  • I have them on right now and man they are nice.

  • I love this color scheme man like cream green.

  • But I do miss that city, man, you know, Yeah.

  • I was like, oh man, oh man, what do I do?

  • Oh, yeah, you can tell, man, it is Friday.

  • So if nothing else, they say, man, wow.

  • When we were hanging out, my friends kept saying, "What's up, man?"

Synonyms

guy
vsmans
  • Informal
1.0

An informal word for a man or boy

is urban slang used in some dialects for male friends or groups
man
vsmans
1.0

An adult male person, not a boy or a woman

is informal slang rather than a neutral, standard term
fella
vsmans
  • Informal
377 8.1

A man or boy used in informal speech

is used similarly but more as slang within certain communities
dude
vsmans
  • Informal
185 8.0

A casual word for a man

is similar but tied more to dialectal urban group usage
bro
vsmans
  • Slang
113 7.7

A male friend or a brother

is comparable but more broadly used as dialectal urban slang
bloke
vsmans
  • UK
106 8.2

A man, especially in informal British English

is more urban and dialectal rather than regionally standard
chap
vsmans
  • UK
83 5.6

A friendly man or boy often used in Britain

is less polite and more slangy, used among peers in dialects
homeboy
vsmans
  • Slang
69 9.1

An informal male friend from the same neighborhood or group

is like this but used more generally as urban slang for males
boyz
vsmans
  • Slang
52 9.5

A casual way to write boys for a group of male friends

is similar in informality but used as urban dialectal plural address
mano
vsmans
  • Slang
20 9.8

A close male friend you call like a brother

is broader slang for male friends, not only blood relatives
menfolk
vsmans
  • Archaic
4 5.9

Men in a family or community seen as a group

is informal group slang rather than a formal collective label
bucko
vsmans
  • Archaic
3 8.8

A friendly, informal name used for a man you know well

is used more as community slang addressing groups of male friends
brah
vsmans
  • Australian
1 9.9

An informal word for a guy friend, like bro

is similar but appears in wider dialectal urban speech contexts
blok
vsmans
  • Slang
8.6

A man in informal British English

leans more towards urban slang and group address in dialects
the menz
vsmans
  • Slang
9.9

A group of men said in a playful, informal way

is more straightforward slang used in everyday dialect speech
mang
vsmans
  • Slang
9.9

An informal word for a man used in Caribbean English

is broader urban slang rather than tied to one regional variety

Surface Forms

mans singular
mans plural

Morphology

mans = man (transparent) = man + s

Meaning is the regular plural of 'man' formed with the productive plural suffix '-s', though it is a nonstandard/slang pluralization instead of the irregular 'men'.

Etymology

Mans is a slang form of man used in some dialects to mean 'men' or 'friends'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of saying 'my mans' like 'my men' or 'my crew', which is why it refers to a group of male friends or people you trust.