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Mintie moment

Mintie moment noun: a situation of acute embarrassment or failure.

Noun

Mintie moment (plural Mintie moments)

  1. (Australia, colloquial) A situation of acute embarrassment or failure.

Forms of Mintie moment

pluralMintie moments
alternative formMinties moment

Origin of Mintie moment

From an advertising campaign for Minties, an Australian brand of mint confectionery, involving cartoons of embarrassing occurrences captioned "It's moments like these you need Minties".

Questions about Mintie moment

What does Mintie moment mean?
Mintie moment means a situation of acute embarrassment or failure.
What part of speech is Mintie moment?
Mintie moment is a noun.
What is the plural of Mintie moment?
The plural of Mintie moment is Mintie moments.

Words near Mintie moment in the dictionary

  1. minter
  2. minterm
  3. minterms
  4. minters
  5. Minthe
  6. Mintie moment
  7. Mintie moments
  8. mintier
  9. mintiest
  10. mintiness
  11. minting

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