Mancunianism

English Etymology From en Mancunian -ism. Noun A word or phrase characteristic of the city of Manchester or the Mancunian dialect. en 1974 w:Steven Marcus Engels, Manchester, and the Working Class New York, N.Y. Random House 0394465148 20 https://archive.org/details/engelsmanchester0000marc/page/20/mode/2up?q=Mancunianism To go along with another famous epigram from the Manchester of the period: “Adulteration of food was only a form of competition.” The two were combined in yet a third vintage Mancunianism. [footnote] en 2009-12-30 Prai Jei Re: bad word? sci.lang https://groups.google.com/g/sci.lang/c/d6PnWGRF8AY/m/BOtCfBCohmIJ Surely there were *male* borogoves too? Never heard of mimsy meaning that down yere in Kairdiff, perhaps it's a Mancunianism. en 2016 2017 w:Graeme Simsion The Best of Adam Sharp London w:Michael Joseph 9780718179496 30 https://archive.org/details/bestofadamsharp0000sims_i6d7/page/30/mode/2up?q=Mancunianisms I told her the Tina story, at length, throwing in a few Mancunianisms to go with the accent, and she laughed through it. I was enjoying myself, too.