Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Excessively high male unemployment.
Examples
“Measured in terms of absolute job loss, men bore the brunt of the Great Recession, hence the term "mancession.”
“Echoing the idea that men were the chief victims of the Great Recession, AEI resident scholar and author of "The War Against Boys" Christina Hoff Sommers accused feminists of "skewing" President Obama's initial stimulus plan by insisting on equal treatment for women, who in "mancession" logic did not need the jobs as much as men.”
“The Great Recession has been called the "mancession" because men absorbed 7 of every 10 job losses during the downturn.”
“The new movie has a somewhat more "mancession" - relevant scenario -- 16-year-old Nell lives with her single dad, a widower.”
“Today, the recession -- in which so many more men have lost jobs that some dub it the "mancession" -- has left more women than ever as primary breadwinners.”
“What's been called the "mancession" has moved into the next stage of "he-covery," where men gain jobs and women lose them.”
The Huffington Post: Christine Bork: Women: A Year in Review (2011)
“You have heard the last few years called a mancession.”
“The new movie has a somewhat more "mancession"-relevant scenario--16-year-old Nell lives with her single dad, a widower.”
“You know, this has been called the mancession, and that's quite accurate.”
“Blokes top of chops in Kiwi 'mancession' THE Kiwi recession has been dubbed the "mancession" with new figures showing tough times across the ditch are throwing more males out of work.”
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frogapplause Why is "mancession" listed under rolig's pronunciations when uselessness is the one pronouncing it? Feb 18, 2010
reesetee And here I thought this meant "a procession of men." Jan 9, 2010
hernesheir If the word were entered during Shabbat it would be work (melachah) - transferring something from the private to the public domain. Jan 8, 2010
quotato Is entering a word on wordnik considered to be work? :*) Jan 8, 2010
uselessness If you don't see it printed, it sounds like a session for men. In my opinion a portmanteau is only a good portmanteau if its meaning is unambiguous in both spoken and written forms. This one clearly fails the uselessness test. ;-) Nov 18, 2009
vanishedone Or maybe it could be a recession (or other -cession, as you note) afflicting Mancunians, or a manse. Nov 18, 2009
rolig How do I know that this doesn't refer to men seceding from something, or to a procession of men, or to men ceasing to exist (a "man-cessation"), or if I simply hear it, to a session of some body at which women are excluded. This tendency to form portmanteau words at the drop of a hat (at a drat!?) really gets my billygoat gruff. No problem, if it's done in jest, but when people start acting like these are serious words, I start getting a little scared. Nov 18, 2009