maaan

English

Interjection

maaan

1. Elongated form of man.
   • 1974, Red Jordan Arobateau, Jailhouse Stud, page 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, page 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, page 148:

     burn: playing time, as in "I gotta get some burn, maaan."

   • 2004, The Beat, volume 23, number 2, page 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, page 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?"