mankeep

To engage in mankeeping.

Verb

  1. To engage in mankeeping.
    • Yes, but mankeeping is a real thing: men don’t mankeep; women mankeep. - 2025 June 16, “Mankeeping: why single women are giving up dating”, in The Guardian:

Origin

Back-formation from mankeeping, equivalent to man + keep.

Forms

mankeeps mankeeping mankept