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Knew a girl once called Mary Hinge......
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Knew a girl once called Mary Hinge......
Was she double jointed? When she left, were you unhinged? When she took up druidism, did you call her StoneHinge?
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right, not had much chance to think about this, ive not been too well so here is my attempt at a definition, though i think milums is better.
minging- 1. repulsive or dirty, particularly smelly
2. disappointingly unpleasant- 'we went to that new restaurant last night, it looks lovely but it was minging'.
ming- a bad smell or rotten and damp matter
minger- an person who seems attractive but is is fact in possession of a deeply unpleasant character.
mingus- the worst you can imagine something to be
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mingus- the worst you can imagine something to be
Well, I have to say Charles Mingus was the best at what he did.
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Dody, where'd you dig up those definitions? In other words, what was your source?
Eager to know,
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simple, i like to get back to basics with language and ask english speakers to define the words they use. it often throws up interesting results. to define ming i simply asked about twenty people from manchester and emailed a few of my expat mates to tell me their first impulses when thinking of the word. not very scientific but, hey, ive come to learn not to teach. ;) hope you like me word
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i know i know, an unfortunate development, when helena christensen announced the name of her child was to be mingus and that she wanted to send him to school in england my heart went out to the poor little mommet, if there was ever a name to get you teased at school that was it.
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<<I simply asked about twenty people from Manchester>>
Manchestrocentrism if ever I saw it -- what special authority do they have? Or as they say in Argentina, "Minga!"
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Manchestrocentrism if ever I saw it -- what special authority do they have? Or as they say in Argentina, "Minga!"
manky all the way darling, im just lazy i spose ;)
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