Mancunianism
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]Mancunianism (plural Mancunianisms)
- A word or phrase characteristic of the city of Manchester or the Mancunian dialect.
- 1974, Steven Marcus, Engels, Manchester, and the Working Class, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 20:
- To go along with another famous epigram from the Manchester of the period: “Adulteration of food was only a form of competition.” The two were combined in yet a third vintage Mancunianism. [footnote]
- 2016, Graeme Simsion, The Best of Adam Sharp, London: Michael Joseph, published 2017, →ISBN, page 30:
- I told her the Tina story, at length, throwing in a few Mancunianisms to go with the accent, and she laughed through it. I was enjoying myself, too.