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  • noun Plural form of man-child.

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Examples

  • Actually, reading those articles made me truly upset, especially one which I will quote now, which is a conversation between the two bloggers about ahem "man-children":

    No-Hump Day zombietron 2009

  • Actually, reading those articles made me truly upset, especially one which I will quote now, which is a conversation between the two bloggers about ahem "man-children":

    Archive 2009-04-01 zombietron 2009

  • Fans of the original series, fear not: Beavis and Butt-Head are the same emotionally stunted man-children you remember from their 1993-1997 run on MTV.

    Beavis and Butt-Head Is Back! What's Old? What's New? 2011

  • Fans of the original series, fear not: Beavis and Butt-Head are the same emotionally stunted man-children you remember from their 1993-1997 run on MTV.

    Beavis and Butt-Head Is Back! What's New? What's Old? 2011

  • Can't we just go on being 30 something year old man-children that just keep playing games with big guns, big explosions, and big boobies?

    Speaking Of Maturity SVGL 2009

  • A man who was a thousand miles away — literally and position-wise from that assemblage of over-compensating man-children?

    Palpitations...And No Pride To Speak Of. 2008

  • A man who was a thousand miles away — literally and position-wise from that assemblage of over-compensating man-children?

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • Bank on the next four months being filled up by superheroes, stunted man-children, teenage wizards and an unusual amount of killer robots.

    Summer Movie Sneak Peek: Ten Big Flicks! 2009

  • Wives are capable whizzes and husbands are floppy-limbed borderline-retarded man-children.

    Bob Fingerman: From the Ashes of New York... 2009

  • Bank on the next four months being filled up by superheroes, stunted man-children, teenage wizards and an unusual amount of killer robots.

    Summer Movie Sneak Peek: Ten Big Flicks! 2009

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