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Macho
The strutting-and-crowing behaviour of men who apparently use roosters as role models without ever wondering why there are so few of them in relation to hens. |
Mafia
A thriving but officially non-existent network of family-run businesses specializing in vice, extortion, thuggery, racketeering, union manipulation and refuse removal. Also associated with the production and distribution of cement footwear. |
Male Bonding
A warm camaraderie developed by men through shared activities such as fishing, hunting, bowling, drinking, lynching, Jew-baiting, golf or gang warfare. |
Male-pattern Baldness
Cranial deforestation; a slow but inexorable retreat that cannot be reversed through lobbying or public fund-raising. |
Mall Rats
Packs of gregarious teens stationed in shopping centres to provide free demonstrations of the latest punk fashions and attitudes. |
Malpractice
A serious charge of professional bungling commonly levelled against physicians but surprisingly not against incompetent stockbrokers, barbers, mechanics or millionaire football players. |
Management
A class of semi-skilled corporate hirelings whose rise within the organization correlates directly with the amount of work they delegate to their more talented underlings. |
Man-bashing
Open season on the male of the species by especially bloodthirsty females; a shocking display of ingratitude towards the sex that invented nylon, the telephone and the chastity belt. |
Margarine
A convenient butter substitute that enables us to clog our arteries without relying on animal fat. |
Marijuana
A fragrantly burning weed that induces a giddy irreverence toward solemn authority figures, which probably explains why its possession is a criminal offence. |