It usually involves drinking, general irresponsibility and one or two events that can later be distorted to make guy friends who didn't go on the trip jealous.
"I'm very concerned because while I don't have any brothers, I have lots of friends who do and lots of guy friends, " freshman journalism student Maria Lorenzo said.
For the uninitiated, a "mancation" is a trip taken by a bunch of guy friends to blow off steam and remember why they are better off home with their families.
It's tough to beat a guy with powerful friends and plenty of experience overcoming difficulties.
There is the motorcycle guy who always makes friends with other motorcycle guys he sees there.
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Guy Garner and his six friends weren't out to cross the law last January when they sat down for their regular friendly game of poker in a cabin at the Chickasaw State Park near Jackson, Tenn.
"Sean is not the stereotypical cop who is kind of intimidating, but rather a friendly and down-to-earth kind of guy that you would want to be friends with, " David Hou, an MIT sophomore, told CNN.
"This is a risky and expensive gamble for Hitachi that other energy firms are unwilling to take, " says Friends of the Earth's Guy Shrubsole.
And then there's The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend, about two friends, one for whom things come easily and another for whom nothing does.
She added, "He was a popular guy in high school and had a lot of friends, " she said.
Then almost overnight I was a guy who woke up and looked at a map with his friends saying where do you want to go today: Cambodia or Indonesia?
At heart, James is a sensitive guy who believes in doing the right thing and staying loyal to his friends.
Mr. STORM: Well, it apparently - the head of Cirque du Soleil, a guy named Guy Laliberte, which I think he probably made up, got to be friends with George Harrison.
He was the kind of guy who made everyone who knew him feel better for it, with legions of friends spanning both coasts.
His reputation among family members was as a clumsy guy with an infectious sense of humor who enjoyed jogging and playing basketball with his friends.
My friends back home in Texas were going to ask what happened to the free market guy they knew.
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Halo appealed to me and my grown-up friends because of its cooperative play, which enables one player to drive a Jeep while another guy can sit in the passenger seat and wail on his machine gun.
When you see that happen in your circle of friends or publicly (thanks to the Internet), usually your response includes thinking that the guy has stopped being a man, is overcompensating for something else, and probably should stop crying and get over it.
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