noun Street Slang

mane

· noun · tennessee

Memphis 'man' — pronounced with a curl, used like punctuation.

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Memphis-flavored pronunciation of 'man'. Works as direct address ('what up, mane'), as a filler/exclamation ('mane, I'm tellin' you'), or just as the rhythmic glue holding a sentence together. Spread out the South via Memphis rap and is now standard issue across the region.

“Mane, I told you that boy wasn't gon' show up.”
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mane In A Sentence

Mane, I told you that boy wasn't gon' show up.

Origin & Usage

Memphis vernacular pronunciation; popularized nationally by Memphis hip-hop from the 90s onward.

Variants main
Tags #tennessee#memphis#hip-hop#southern

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