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- noun A
view of a group ofpeople . - noun A
landscape that has been shaped by thehuman race . - noun An
image , normallyartistic , of themale form. - verb rare To impose a
shape on thelandscape to suithumans . - verb neologism To
trim orshave amale 'shair , typically other than the hair atop and behind hishead . The term applies most frequently tofacial hair , including that of theeyebrows ,ears , andnostrils ; somewhat frequently toshoulders andback ; less frequently tobuttocks andpubes ; infrequently toarms andlegs .
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Examples
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Not hilarious, but not lacking entirely in humor … the whole joke is to long, but a few buzzwords raise a smile (like 'manscape') - god, i hope its funny, but on this evidence it's looking mediocre. c7 on Jul 23, 2008
Must Watch: Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno Teaser Trailer! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Dame Averil Cameron, a leading scholar of the era, supports that point of view and I have been instructed that the good Dame would manscape my ass if I suggested otherwise.
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Thinking about changing the way you manscape your facial hair?
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Thinking about changing the way you manscape your facial hair?
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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So .... do hasbians have to manscape then??? what a great site!
Virtual Refugee Camp 2004
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A sorry excuse for the beauty that can be the fully realized manscape.
www.startribune.com 2012
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But we're not judging anyone, whether they decide to manscape their bodies smooth like a porpoise or leave themselves hairy like the walking representation of Guns 'n Roses'
Unplggd 2010
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I myself am not all that hairy a guy so I typically do manscape a little but not all that often.
TheGloss Nadine Jolie 2010
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Words of advice: if you plan to expose yourself, manscape ahead of time.
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After needing to manscape, then worrying about sharks, then being told he would be arrested if he was caught naked in public, Enrique finally took the plunge.
From Inside the Box 2010
uselessness commented on the word manscape
The kind of well-groomed scraggly beard that all the ladies go for. Not long and bushy, but rough in a metro-punk sort of way. Brad Pitt is especially good at rocking the manscape; me, not so much.
June 17, 2007
frindley commented on the word manscape
Is it necessarily about beards? Or is it about below-the-belt grooming. I wonder…
Drunk guy #1: Alright, just saying, if all of us and our friends were chicks, who would get a boob job?
Drunk guy #2: Oh, definitely Mike*. You know, I would definitely say him. He's pretty vain.
two innings and many beers later
Drunk guy #1: Alright, if we all were chicks, who'd be clean shaven?
Drunk guy #3: It'd be Steve*. I mean, he already manscapes!
From Overheard in New York
October 20, 2008