Definitions

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  • noun US slang a man's purse
  • noun US slang a male nurse

Etymologies

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Blend of man and purse

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Blend of male and nurse

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Examples

  • Date: September 12th 2008 coorect me if i'm wrong but i think i came up with the word murse in the summer of 2002 on a trip to buenos aires to describe the man-purse. could be wrong. anyway, the

    the apartment broadcast 2008

  • She had been to the impound lot to extract what Ryan called his murse (short for man-purse), which held an inches-thick trove of lyrics to songs with titles such as: "Into the Abyss," "Shell of an Empty Soul" and "Wolves at the Heels of Saints."

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • A decade later, I rode my hipster Xootr scooter to my job as the managing partner of a venture capital firm, with my man purse (or "murse") flapping on the handlebars.

    Tom Matlack: Hi, My Name Is Tom and I'm a Techno-Addict Tom Matlack 2010

  • A decade later, I rode my hipster Xootr scooter to my job as the managing partner of a venture capital firm, with my man purse (or "murse") flapping on the handlebars.

    Tom Matlack: Hi, My Name Is Tom and I'm a Techno-Addict Tom Matlack 2010

  • A decade later, I rode my hipster Xootr scooter to my job as the managing partner of a venture capital firm, with my man purse (or "murse") flapping on the handlebars.

    Tom Matlack: Hi, My Name Is Tom and I'm a Techno-Addict Tom Matlack 2010

  • A decade later, I rode my hipster Xootr scooter to my job as the managing partner of a venture capital firm, with my man purse or "murse" flapping on the handlebars.

    Tom Matlack: Hi, My Name Is Tom and I'm a Techno-Addict Tom Matlack 2010

  • A decade later, I rode my hipster Xootr scooter to my job as the managing partner of a venture capital firm, with my man purse (or "murse") flapping on the handlebars.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Tom Matlack 2010

  • Men spend, too, so we also need 'murse' tightening. "carries in his, he replied:" I can't stand loose change in my pocket.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • Hey, I just saw that the Norm Thompson Nantucket bag seems to be on clearance now, in aka "murse"

    D*I*Y Planner - Comments 2010

  • For men, some are predicting that the touchscreen tablet may spark a renaissance in the man bag, man's purse or "murse".

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

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  • Ugh.

    January 31, 2009

  • Somewhere in here there's scope for a pun on immersion therapy, but... well, I agree: ugh.

    January 31, 2009

  • Murse

    Is a noun and a portmanteau. It is a mixture of the words man and purse and is slang.

    1. A bag that a stylish man would carry which resembles a messenger bag or a “man purse” which is now becoming more and more popular with celebrities.

    2. Refers to a male nurse, a mixture of man and nurse.

    Burberry murse alert! http://twitter.com/ninabyte

    "In this age of metrosexuality, why can't a man carry a murse (man purse) around with him?"

    In an episode of F.R.I.E.N.D.S, Matt LeBlanc’s character, Joey carries a man’s handbag (“murse”) around.

    In the movie, Meet the Focker’s, Ben Stiller’s character’s profession is a male nurse (“murse”)

    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/murse

    July 14, 2010