Mang
noun, prep, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of man (suggesting a Spanish accent) alt-of, alternative, nonstandard
""Chit, mang, you putos are a bunch of racists." Omar's classic Spanglish comeback made everyone break out in raucous laughter."
- 1 To mix. Devon
"It's all manged up together."
- 2 To beg; to beg for money. ambitransitive, dated, rare, slang
- 1 Amid, amongst, among. Devon
Example
More examples""Chit, mang, you putos are a bunch of racists." Omar's classic Spanglish comeback made everyone break out in raucous laughter."
Etymology
Dialectal rendering of man, as used in American Spanish.
From Middle English mang, mangis, imang, emang, variants of Middle English on mang, in mange, from Old English on ġemang. More at among.
From Middle English mangen, mængen, from Old English mængan, variant of mengan, menċġan (“to mix; mingle”). More at meng, ming.
Borrowed from Angloromani mong (“to beg”), from European Romani mang- (“to want, beg”). Compare Sanskrit mārg-, मार्ग् (“to seek, ask for”).
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