minging
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
minging (comparative more minging, superlative most minging)
- (British, slang) Unattractive or repulsive.
- 2011, Melvin Burgess, Kill All Enemies, Penguin UK (→ISBN)
- Once, Cookie even tried to get me to give it a go with Jez – can you believe the nerve of that? 'Why would I want to do that? He's minging.' 'Why not? It won't hurt. He never gets a shag.' 'No, Cookie. Bloody hell.' He hasn't got a clue. 'Wouldn't you be jealous?' 'No.' 'You're an idiot. Why do you think he never gets a shag?' 'Why?' 'Because he's minging!' 'So? I'm minging. We're all minging. None of us are exactly page three, are we, Billie?'
- 2011, Melvin Burgess, Kill All Enemies, Penguin UK (→ISBN)
- (British, slang) Unclean or dirty.
- 2011, Lucy Kellaway, The Answers: All the office questions you never dared to ask, Profile Books (→ISBN), page 82
- Cleaners are always prime suspects for office thefts but in my long experience it's nearly all employees, with a tiny remainder down to traditional burglary. My advice is to presume the Nike-clad cleaner innocent and take personal stuff home, especially minging sportswear.
- 2011, Lucy Kellaway, The Answers: All the office questions you never dared to ask, Profile Books (→ISBN), page 82
Further reading
- “minging”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.