mantuary
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]mantuary (plural mantuaries)
- A part of a home specifically reserved for adult male activities, such as drinking beer, playing games and watching TV; often a garage or den.
- 2010, Geoff Case, “Man Cave Must Haves”, in Blitz Weekly, 23 June - 29 June 2010, page 11:
- Light up your booze with professional bar lighting from Beyond 7 bubble wall installations to make a more modern mantuary for you and your friends.
- 2011 November 11, Jenny Bennett, “Beware the caveman: Men are no longer happy to hide away in a shed, now they want their very own bespoke retreat”, in Daily Mail:
- In fact, luxury man caves or ‘mantuaries’ are the latest must-have accessory for self-respecting gents.
- 2012, “Man Caves”, in International Wood, page 13:
- Some academics have called mantuaries the male reaction to female dominance in decisions about décor in the majority of North American households: […]