Definitions

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  • noun US, informal A vacation taken by a group of men and catering specifically to male interests.

Etymologies

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Blend of man and vacation

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Examples

  • Kita Charles' sister enjoys her "mancation" while putting her two cents of support in.

    Jeff Rivera: BET's Let's Stay Together Star Bert Belasco Jeff Rivera 2011

  • Last night, I dreamed I was part of the cast of "Chuck" and Lester and Jeff wanted to take me on a "mancation."

    mrbradley Diary Entry mrbradley 2009

  • The author and his friends failed to get up to any hijinks on their mancation in San Francisco

    CNN.com 2011

  • The author and his friends failed to get up to any hijinks on their mancation in San Francisco

    CNN.com 2011

  • Located a dozen miles west of Miami, this AAA 4-Diamond resort offers a pair of packages ideal for that mancation, bachelor getaway or Father's Day celebration.

    ajc.com - News 2010

  • It's bad enough that we polluted the concept of vacation by adding the perfectly awful "staycation" to the travel vernacular, but now we've got gaycation and mancation and nakation and any number of dash-cation concepts that never should have made it past the overworked editors of the internet.

    BlogHer - Life Well Said Pam 2010

  • Mom to Paris: take a mancation; plus, dancin 'Cameron.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2009

  • Mom to Paris: take a mancation; plus, dancin 'Cameron.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2009

  • Mom to Paris: take a mancation; plus, dancin 'Cameron.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2009

  • Mom to Paris: take a mancation; plus, dancin 'Cameron.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2009

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  • A men-only vacation.

    July 30, 2009

  • Execrable.

    July 30, 2009

  • aka prison

    July 30, 2009

  • The act of rendering manky.

    July 30, 2009