Man-happen’in
n.— «Jessie Raven, 18, a December graduate from Lincoln-Way Central High School, is getting an education of a lifetime, spending four months in Beijing with her aunt and uncle. It’s a long way from Manhattan, or “Man-happen’in” as she calls it.» —“Life takes L-Way grad on journey into China” by Catherine Ann Velasco Herald News (Joliet, Illinois) Mar. 14, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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