Man Jose en · PROPN
Etymology
From a purported large number of single men in their 20s and 30s compared to single women in the same age group.
Meanings
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Nickname for San Jose: a major city in California, United States.
San Jose, the county seat, is jokingly referred to as “Man Jose” by the locals, and with good reason: In the 22 to 29 age cohort, Santa Clara County has 37,410 never-married, college-grad men versus 27,147 never-married, college-grad women.
[2015, Jon Birger, Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game, Hachette UK, →ISBN: