Etymology

Borrowed from Jamaican CreoleCategory:English terms borrowed from Jamaican Creole#MANDEMCategory:English terms derived from Jamaican Creole#MANDEM man dem (“men”). Equivalent to man + them.

Noun

mandem pl (plural only)Category:English lemmas#MANDEMCategory:English nouns#MANDEMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MANDEMCategory:English pluralia tantum#MANDEMCategory:Pages with entries#MANDEMCategory:Pages with 4 entries#MANDEM

1. (MLECategory:Multicultural London English#MANDEM, MTECategory:Multicultural Toronto English#MANDEM) A group of men or boys; male friends or fellow gang members.

   Coordinate term: gyal dem

   • 2011, “Chyna”, in How I Escaped a Girl Gang: Rolling in a London Girl Gang:

     The mandem all used to go round there and get head off her, the sister blowing the man line by line while her brother shotted downstairs in the stairwell.

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   • 2013, Polly Courtney, Feral Youth, page 169:

     She probably heard some hyped up version from the mandem but she don't know the truth. She ain't seen what I seen.

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   • 2013, David Childs, Britain since 1945: A Political History:

     […] reports suggest he may have had links to that group and allied north London gangs such as the Broadwater Farm Posse and Tottenham Mandem.

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   • 2015, “Shut Up”, performed by Stormzy:

     But you see my man over there with the pouch
     Dare one of you man try get loud
     All of my mandem move so foul

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   • 2023, “Sprinter”, performed by Central Cee x Dave:

     The mandem too inconsiderate, five-star hotel, smokin' cigarette / Mixin' codeine up with the Phenergan

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Anagrams

• mad men, madmen

Verb

mandemCategory:Galician non-lemma forms#MANDEMCategory:Galician verb forms#MANDEMCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#MANDEMCategory:Pages with entries#MANDEMCategory:Pages with 4 entries#MANDEM

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of mandar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Verb

mandemCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#MANDEMCategory:Latin verb forms#MANDEMCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#MANDEMCategory:Pages with entries#MANDEMCategory:Pages with 4 entries#MANDEM

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of mandō

Verb

mandemCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#MANDEMCategory:Portuguese verb forms#MANDEMCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#MANDEMCategory:Pages with entries#MANDEMCategory:Pages with 4 entries#MANDEM

1. inflection of mandar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative