Etymology

mandem

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Today it means: A group of men or boys; male friends or fellow gang members. Full definition →

Jamaican Creole man dem
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The story

  1. Jamaican Creole · borrowed fromman dem“men”
  2. English todaymandem

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole man dem (“men”). Equivalent to man + them.

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