maaan

English

Interjection

maaan!

  1. Elongated form of man.
    • 1974, Red Jordan Arobateau, Jailhouse Stud, p. 80:
      Don't gimmie that jive maaan, quit shucken ' me, you must be in love with her!
    • 1978, Sterling Watson, Weep No More My Brother: A Novel, p. 101:
      You got too many words in the world with you now, maaan.
    • 1997, Jim Crotty, How to Talk American: A Guide to Our Native Tongues, p. 148:
      burn: playing time, as in "I gotta get some burn, maaan."
    • 2004, The Beat, Volume 23, Issue 2, p. 43:
      I was like, I have to do "Night Nurse"! Ah maaan, that is such a classic.
    • 2014, Harry Clifford Brown, Magic Club: A Novel, p. 245:
      We whipped around to Warren Dillard standing in the bedroom doorway. “Hey, Woods, I couldn't find it, maaan. You did say in the fridge, right?"
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