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Man Jose
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English
Etymology
From a purported large number of single men in their 20s and 30s compared to single women in the same age group.
Proper noun
Man Jose
en @nickname for:San Jose major city s/California c/USA.
en 2015 Jon Birger Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game Hachette UK 9780761187103 on https://books.google.com/books?id=7q94EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT15&dq=&hl=&cd=3&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Man%20Jose%22%20dating&f=false San Jose, the county seat, is jokingly referred to as “Man Jose” by the locals, and with good reason: In the 22 to 29 age cohort, Santa Clara County has 37,410 never-married, college-grad men versus 27,147 never-married, college-grad women.