There are a spate of terms floating around at the moment using the 'man' prefix. Man cave, Man shower, Man up, Man boobs...ya get the drift? Yeh. Without the "man" it would have just been 'I have a crush on this man', which seems Not Quite Ready for Prime Time. This was a cooking contest for some serious money, not a celebrity talk show, etc. where that kind of talk might be expected. IMHO.

But--wouldn't be the first thing I'm behind the times on!