Mancunianism

English

Etymology

From Mancunian +‎ -ism.

Noun

Mancunianism (plural Mancunianisms)

1. A word or phrase characteristic of the city of Manchester or the Mancunian dialect.
   • 1974, Steven Marcus, Engels, Manchester, and the Working Class, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 20:

     To go along with another famous epigram from the Manchester of the period: “Adulteration of food was only a form of competition.” The two were combined in yet a third vintage Mancunianism. [footnote]

   • 2009 December 30, Prai Jei, “Re: bad word?”, in sci.lang‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Surely there were *male* borogoves too? Never heard of mimsy meaning that down yere in Kairdiff, perhaps it's a Mancunianism.

   • 2016, Graeme Simsion, The Best of Adam Sharp, London: Michael Joseph, published 2017, →ISBN, page 30:

     I told her the Tina story, at length, throwing in a few Mancunianisms to go with the accent, and she laughed through it. I was enjoying myself, too.