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Mincing vs Minging - What's the difference?

mincing | minging |

As adjectives the difference between mincing and minging

is that mincing is affectedly dainty while minging is (british|slang) unattractive or repulsive.

As a verb mincing

is .

As a noun mincing

is the act by which something is minced.

mincing

English

(wikipedia mincing)

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Affectedly dainty.
  • *1913 ,
  • *:"Is there nothing to eat in the house?" he asked, insolently, as if to a servant. In certain stages of his intoxication he affected the clipped, mincing speech of the towns. Mrs. Morel hated him most in this condition.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is minced.
  • * 1931 , The Journal of Biological Chemistry (volume 90, page 689)
    • After three or four mincings with a coarse blade the product was passed two or three times through a fine blade.

    minging

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (British, slang) unattractive or repulsive
  • (British, slang) unclean or dirty

    • References

    * Army Slang * Armed Forces Friends - Military Dictionary * The Guardian , 2007 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2007/mar/20/students.educationguardian2]