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New vocabulary phrase: Man Up
I'm a word geek. I love learning words, and exploring their etymology and usage, as is evidenced by my occasional "vocabulary builder" posts here in my journal.
I encountered a new expression last night that I had never encountered before:
Am I the only one who has never heard this slang expression before?
When I first encountered it (and I am not at all arguing it wasn't appropriate), It was in the form of "Man Up Francis!" which is clearly a reference to my biological father, and an effective way to prod me.
But then I had this image of the Mom from "Malcolm in the Middle" saying it to her oldest son. Did she ever do that in an episode?
I encountered a new expression last night that I had never encountered before:
The Wiktionary entry is kind of dry and clinical, but the Urban Dictionary definition is better:
Man up.
"Don't be a pussy."
Am I the only one who has never heard this slang expression before?
When I first encountered it (and I am not at all arguing it wasn't appropriate), It was in the form of "Man Up Francis!" which is clearly a reference to my biological father, and an effective way to prod me.
But then I had this image of the Mom from "Malcolm in the Middle" saying it to her oldest son. Did she ever do that in an episode?
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It also rankles me like fingernails on a chalkboard. MAN up? What does that mean? I can imagine it intending to mean 'be brave, take responsibility, don't be coerced or intimidated'. The cultural connotation that I hear, however, is more like 'be a man, don't back down even if wrong, rule the roost, "pop a cap on his ass" if he disrespects you'. More bravado than bravery.
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