[[Bloomberg.com reports:

"Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) -- ... ABC News anchor Charles Gibson got the get, the first mano- a-womano sit down with the Republican vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin. ...]]

Tangential, but this misunderstanding of what "mano-a-mano" means drives me nuts! If people are going to use -- or try to cleverly adapt -- a foreign language phrase, maybe they should first find out its actual translation.

"Mano-a-mano" means hand-to-hand.

(Of course, if our Hispanic friends have given in to their gringo brothers' misuse of the phrase and started using "mano-a-mano" to mean "man-to-man," the way other "Spanglish" terms have been adopted, I will sigh and stand corrected.   But it strikes me like it does when English-speaking people confusing "cajones" (boxes) with "cojones" (balls). Aarghh!
Where's that "Pedant" thread when you need it?)