Meaning of the man | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The oppressive powers that be, including the government and corporations, as coordinated outside of one's control.
   singular, singular-only
2. Alternative letter-case form of the man (when construed as a proper noun, naming the one and only).
   alt-of
3. An oppressive or domineering person of authority, usually male; especially, one's boss.
   singular, singular-only
4. The best man for a job; someone with exceptional skills.
   singular, singular-only

Equivalents

Examples

“Holonym: the System”

“The man gets you down.”

“I'm sorry I couldn’t meet you earlier, but I spent all night working for the man.”

“It starts when you're always afraid / Step out of line, the man come and take you away”

““Bitch, shut up that noise!” Cowboy hissed hotly from somewhere in the darkness ahead of her. “You wanna bring the man down on me or somethin’? […]””

“Left a good job in the city / Workin' for the man every night and day”

“Is it the man come to take me away? Why do they follow me?”

“And in between sips of Coke / He told me that he thought we were sellin' out / Layin' down, suckin' up to the man / Well now I've got some / Advice for you, little buddy / Before you point the finger / You should know that I'm the man / I'm the man and you're the man / And he's the man as well”

“[…]once people such as Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk show up to your party, there is no longer anything countercultural about it. You are not rebelling against the man. You are the man.”

“Near-synonym: old man”

“You’re the man!”

“Buggin' Out: You the man. Mookie: No, you the man. Buggin' Out: No, I'm just a struggling Black man trying to keep my dick hard in a cruel and harsh world.”

“[Jake Delhomme] has been “The Man” ever since, leading the Panthers to a remarkable eight come-from-behind wins in what Fox describes as Carolina's “outhouse-to-penthouse” season.”

“You're the man now, doll!”

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