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Just as an aside, there is a word for "specifically male man", it's "wereman" (just as "wifman", the old version of "woman" meant "specifically female man" -- "
by moshezadka 16y ago
Just as an aside, there is a word for "specifically male man", it's "wereman" (just as "wifman", the old version of "woman" meant "specifically female man" -- "man" was short for "human", from "humanous" -- earthling, which both women and men are, despite martian/venutian assertions to the contrary...)
I learn all my etymology from Dinosaur Comics, http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=551 http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=551 :)