Manspeak

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Communication by men viewed (by women) as crude, terse, evasive, or emotionally inept. derogatory, humorous, uncountable

    "Like all men, John expresses himself in manspeak. In passionately explaining the meaning for his climb, he told me ...it was a real asskicker."

Example

More examples

"Like all men, John expresses himself in manspeak. In passionately explaining the meaning for his climb, he told me ...it was a real asskicker."

Etymology

From man + -speak.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.