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Mang

//mæŋ// noun, prep, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Preposition
  1. 1
    Amid, amongst, among. Devon
Verb
  1. 1
    To mix. Devon

    "It's all manged up together."

  2. 2
    To beg; to beg for money. ambitransitive, dated, rare, slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

Dialectal rendering of man, as used in American Spanish.

Etymology 2

From Middle English mang, mangis, imang, emang, variants of Middle English on mang, in mange, from Old English on ġemang. More at among.

Etymology 3

From Middle English mangen, mængen, from Old English mængan, variant of mengan, menċġan (“to mix; mingle”). More at meng, ming.

Etymology 4

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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