Monday, April 16, 2007

mantrum

man·trum [man-truhm]
–noun

a violent demonstration of rage or frustration by a full-grown man in protest of or reaction to a difficult household chore or home-improvement project: "After throwing a mantrum, Justin finally calmed down and finished painting the shutters."

[Origin: 2007; guardedlyoptimistic.com]

2 Comments:

Blogger MWS said...

sorry-- can't relate.

10:03 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Also occurs when male driver perceives a traffic snafu as evidence of life's injustice and/or a universal distain for his existance

11:09 AM  

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