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n. A character trait resulting from a blend of machismo, non-excessive masculinity, courage, and toughness. Manship represents the good side of manliness; a sort of bravery without braggadocio. Often contracted to "'ship"
The wide receiver showed some serious manship going up to make the catch and holding on to the ball despite taking a hit.

(Above sentence only applies if said receiver doesn't celebrate.)
Manship by Sack D October 18, 2008
Words you can keep
The MANship of men dominate life
MANship by Flavio Bonvadio August 29, 2005
The graceful art of adding the letters M A and N to the end of your name, eg arnieMAN. Shows strength in ones character, and shows you are proud of your beautiful self. Also of berating unworthy people, by adding fag to the end of their name
eg. johnman, trentman, kaneman belong to the MANship.
eg. arnieman is the leader of the MANship.
eg. the MANship dominates
eg. joshfag is unworthy of MANship
MANship by John Stratton September 19, 2005
A bond between two heterosexual males who understand each others' emotional and sexual needs.
Is Greg your close friend? Oh yah, we have a manship together.

My girlfriend doesn't understand me, only Alex gets me. We have more than a friendship, it's a manship.

My manship -- my hetro male soulmate!
manship by Bruce Fabian Johnson November 26, 2007
One worthy of contempt or ridicule. Generally associated with someone who whilst remaining essentially harmless - and often even likeable - makes a complete tosspot of themselves due to utterly inappropriate behaviour or poorly judged fashion statements. Many manships can be found in karaoke bars. One driving a vauxhall corsa with an oversize exhaust and dubiously executed modifications intended to make it look more like a fighter jet than a shit car is almost certainly a weapons grade manship.
Also as an expression of fatigue, or disability due to drug or alcohol abuse.
Descriptive of one wasting time or bungling aimlesssly. Predictably, also loosely interchangeable with the verb fuck. Plural manships, verb to manship
Why have you come to my grandmother's funeral in a crushed velvet suit; nay - a purple crushed velvet suit, you fucking manship?

Ye gods I'm manshipped. Take me home at once, driver.

What's that odd chap in the salopettes doing yonder? OH I don't know, just manshipping around I suspect.

She was a lovely girl, but her flaps were like a meaty windsock so I manshipped her in the ass and sent her home in the Rolls.
manship by Dave Le Grande May 17, 2007

Peen-manship 

the art or skill of writing with a penis in urine; often on snow.
Alex decided to practice his peen-manship in the freshly fallen snow.
Nellie wondered what her peen-manship would be like if she were a boy.
Peen-manship by ohhoneybeavers January 5, 2017

one-om-manship 

a state of higher yoga-induced bliss, from the comic strip, Cathy, by Cathy Guisewite
In any competition, we exhibit one-upmanship. When we are competing in how good we are at yoga, we exhibit one-om-manship
one-om-manship by Una Malachica January 17, 2008
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