minge?

Syelo   Thu May 22, 2008 10:13 am GMT
Where is this word used? I'd never heard it before until this Aussie bloke comes up to me and starts insulting my girlfriend's 'minge' (jokingly). However, some other Aussies I asked weren't familiar with the word. Is this considered an offensive word?
Guest   Thu May 22, 2008 1:46 pm GMT
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/minge
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=minge

Again, one can find this word in SCB. "Mindža" = cunt.
There are many SCB immigrants in Australia. The word doesn't sound Slavic, though.
Guest   Thu May 22, 2008 5:30 pm GMT
Guest   Thu May 22, 2008 6:03 pm GMT
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/minge

Gypsies, again. I guess it traveled to Australia aboard the First Fleet. LOL
Russconha   Thu May 22, 2008 11:30 pm GMT
I used this word in front of a Lithuanian of Romany descent in England and he, despite his limited English, knew exactly what it meant.

He told me that it is a Romany gypsy word.
Guest   Fri May 23, 2008 11:15 am GMT
It's a word that is used quite alot around here in England but probably not quite as much as it once was. Great word is minge.
Chris   Fri May 23, 2008 5:45 pm GMT
As far as I know it is especially use for women with ginger hair: known as ginger minge.
Damian in Leeds   Fri May 23, 2008 10:05 pm GMT
Minge is a wee bit of a taboo word meaning the pubic hair around the female genitals, and it can also refer to women generally as sexual objects, and yes, it is of Romany origin. I have never heard it used very much.

What IS used here in Britain quite a lot is "minger" or "minging" but I can't quite directly connect these words with "minge". A minger is used here to describe a person who is basically unattractive either through being pig ugly or just plain dreich and a pain in the arse all round for the way s/he acts or behaves. Amy Winehouse* comes to mind here. :-) Minging is the relative adjective.

What an apt name this woman has. Ha!
Chris   Sat May 24, 2008 2:21 am GMT
Damian, there may be a connection between minge and minging but the pronunciation is different. The latter is ming-ing and not minge-ing
Badjack   Sat May 31, 2008 12:43 am GMT
Amy Winehouse is a hot little skank. Which in American terms means she's nasty, unkempt and needs a wash but I'd still do her.
Skippy   Sat May 31, 2008 3:43 pm GMT
lol I always laugh in the last episode of the British Office when Keith is warning Dawn about going to the States...

Keith: Word of advice: Keep your traveller's checks in a bum-bag.
Dawn: Thanks... I'll get one...
Keith: Well, when you get there?
Dawn: Yeah.
Keith: Word of warning, then: Out there they call them fanny packs. 'Cause fanny means your arse over there... (pause)...not your minge...

lol