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mangs
 n.pl.— «Haden was a little less recognizable because he was not in the mangs, or as he calls them “man bangs,” he has worn in recent episodes. While he said the haircut he got in a downtown Minneapolis salon was “funny,” he thought it was an improvement.» —“O’Dell accesses her anger about tabloid’s bad reporting” by C.J. MInneapolis Star Tribune (Minnesota) Sept. 11, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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