Mintie moment

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Etymology[edit]

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".

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Mintie moment (plural Mintie moments)

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