minge
English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Angloromani mintš, from Romani minʒ (“female genitals”), probably from Old Armenian մէջ (mēǰ, “middle, midst; inside, interior; the middle part of the body; loins, reins; waist; belly, abdomen; back”). Doublet of medius.
Alternate etymology: from the Latin mingere (“to urinate”), synecdochically used to describe the organ through an associated function (possibly ironically or euphemistically).
Noun
[edit]minge (plural minges)
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, vulgar, slang) The pubic hair and vulva.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vulva, Thesaurus:pubic hair
- 2005, “Your Missus Is A Nutter”, performed by Goldie Lookin Chain:
- Last week, she ended up on a binge / She got off her tits and showed the bouncers her minge
Etymology 2
[edit]Probably corrupted from midge.
Noun
[edit]minge (plural minges)
- (US, archaic, dialectal) Synonym of midge (“small biting fly”).
- 1883, Charles Alden John Farrar, Farrar's Illustrated Guide Book to the Androscoggin Lakes:
- If troubled by black flies, mosquitoes, minges, or other insects, build a smudge in this way […]
- 1999, Stephen King, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon:
- The minges and noseeums had found her now, so many of them buzzing around her head that her vision seemed to dance with black specks. She waved at them but didn't slap. Slap at mosquitoes, but it's better just to wave at the little ones, her Mom had told her ...
Etymology 3
[edit]From Middle English mingen, mengen, from Old English mengan (“to mix; mingle”). More at ming.
Verb
[edit]minge (third-person singular simple present minges, present participle minging, simple past and past participle minged)
References
[edit]- “minge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
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[edit]minge
Latin
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[edit]minge
Romanian
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мѧчь (męčĭ), from Proto-Slavic *męčь (“ball”). Compare Russian мяч (mjač).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]minge f (plural mingi)
- ball (especially a soft one)
Declension
[edit]See also
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