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  • noun neologism, informal tights or leggings for men

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Blend of man and leggings; compare treggings, jeggings.

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  • "Clearly blokes in Albany - including the hairdresser - were yet to embrace man leggings, or meggings as fashion types like to call them. And to be honest, who can blame them?

    I was surprised she hadn't spied any men in tights during her four-day visit. Like men in skinny jeans, legging-clad blokes are a growing breed. Barely a week goes by when I don't see a guy who has succumbed to fashion's latest craze. Usually, I wish they hadn't."

    - Rachel Wells, Men in tights, theage.com.au, 29 June 2009.

    July 2, 2009