Moonman

Definitions

1. Synonym of man in the moon (“face perceived in the moon, or the character imagined for it”).
2. Alternative letter-case form of moonman.
   alt-of
3. Synonym of Lunarian (“inhabitant of the Moon”).
   dated
4. An MTV Video Music Award.
   informal
5. An unofficial parody of the McDonald's mascot Mac Tonight, who is depicted as a white supremacist.

Examples

“Towser lifts his nose and howls / Toward the moonman, far and dim; / But the moonman only scowls, / For no dog can frighten⟳ him.”

“I sat within a cedar grove alone / And watched the moonman walk⟳ across the hill”

“In this manner did I discourse with the Moonmen while taking my repast; after which they told me, if I had no objection, that they intended taking me to Moontown, to introduce⟳ me to their king […]”

“On the floor the Moonman's body shivered again.”

“As the first moonmen worked to set⟳ up their rudimentary base⟳, supply⟳ ships would have⟳ to be sent periodically with additional provisions for more permanent materials for the eventual large lunar base⟳. Meanwhile, the moonmen would continue⟳ to live⟳ in their pressurized domes. As supplies accumulated, construction of the permanent base⟳ would begin⟳.”

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