Women Are Better

Grab Your 'Murse,' Pack a 'Mankini' And Don't Forget the 'Mewelry' ... The fashion industry has its knickers in a twist over "manties." A contraction of "man" and "panties," the wordplay is meant to describe certain undergarments for males. It's part of a special lexicon that has emerged, over the past decade, as a sort of shorthand for men's fashion. Men can also wear "mandals" (male sandals), "murses" (purses), "mantyhose" (pantyhose) and "mankinis" (swimsuit variants) – though not necessarily all at the same time. At first, the neologisms were a kind of secret language among the fashion industry, etymologists say. Yet they're going mainstream ... Some fashion types complain that it's emasculating. "Manties is pretty high on the repellent meter," says Glenn O'Brien, author of "How To Be A Man" and a style advice columnist at GQ magazine. – Wall Street Journal