the menz
- noun
- Slang
:
los chicos
- Whenever the menz get together, something hilarious always happens.
Examples
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She enjoys hanging out with the menz every Friday night.
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Are the menz coming to the game tonight?
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A photo of the menz from last summer's barbecue made everyone laugh.
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I invited the menz over for a barbecue.
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A photo of the menz from last summer's barbecue made everyone laugh.
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Whenever the menz get together, something hilarious always happens.
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She enjoys hanging out with the menz every Friday night.
Synonyms
286
1.0
People available to do a job, often soldiers or workers
52
9.5
A casual way to write boys for a group of male friends
20
9.9
A group of male friends used in casual speech
4
5.9
Men in a family or community seen as a group
Antonyms
How Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
the + menz
This is a playful, nonstandard spelling of 'the men' where 'menz' clearly functions as a slang plural of 'men'; the meaning 'a group of men' is directly derivable from the constituents. A B1 learner who knows 'the' and 'men' will readily infer the sense, though they may notice the informal/slang register.
Etymology
The menz may come from a simple, playful change to the word men, adding a 'z' to make it sound like a team or club. That's why the menz is used today as a friendly, humorous way to say 'a group of men'.