Is “Manifest” becoming crunchy-granola-speak for “Searching For?”

[moon_custafer]

 Saw a poster in my neighbourhood that asked “MANIFESTING A DOGWALKER?” and offered one with “good vibes.”

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[cuddyclothes]

Okay, that's just scary.

[troisoiseaux]

So far, the cases I've had to read for my contracts class have been throwing around the words "manifest[ing] intent" a lot, and I've found it hard not to read the phrase in a crunchy-granola sense rather than legalese.

The idea of "manifesting a dogwalker" sounds like it would get you one more used to walking Cerberus than, like, a dog with a normal amount of heads.

[moon_custafer]

“Calling up a dog-walker.”

“Conjuring a dog-walker.”

Laying in stocks

[palain-7.livejournal.com]

Yes, that was my first thought. The only other thing that I could think of was "manifest" as in "cargo manifest". So they'd be asking if you were a dog-walker chandler because they want to be one of your wholesale suppliers.

[sabotabby]

That was kind of my mental image too.

[sovay]

Saw a poster in my neighbourhood that asked “MANIFESTING A DOGWALKER?” and offered one with “good vibes.”

Manifesting is the opposite of searching for!