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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After our conversation about towns with extremely short names, many listeners wrote to tell us about Why, Arizona. Others pointed out that there are towns called Ely in Iowa, Minnesota, and Nevada. Other super-short appellations include Rye, New...