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mans

nounInformalToronto

A Canadian English slang term. Browse all Canadian slang.

What it means

  1. Used as a first-person pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me' — 'mans is tired'. Also as a general term for a guy.

In use

  • Mans is not going out in this weather.

  • Some mans tried to cut the line.

Where it comes from

Toronto slang, shaped by Caribbean and Somali speech patterns in the city's north and west ends. The self-referential use parallels 'man' in Jamaican Patois and in Multicultural London English.