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minger

minger

English

Noun

minger (plural mingers)

  1. (Britain, slang, offensive) An unattractive person (of either sex).
    She's a minger!

References

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mingere, present active infinitive of mingō (I urinate), itself from Proto-Indo-European *h₃mi-n-ǵʰ-, n-infix of *h₃meyǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin mēiō, Ancient Greek ὀμείχω (omeíkhō), Sanskrit मेहति (mehati), Old Norse míga, Tocharian B miśo.

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /min.ˈxeɾ/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /min.ˈheɾ/

Verb

minger (first-person singular present minjo, first-person singular preterite mingí, past participle mingido)

  1. To urinate

Conjugation

  • Rule: g becomes a j before a or o.

Synonyms

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