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Minge vs Mingei - What's the difference?

minge | mingei |

As nouns the difference between minge and mingei

is that minge is (british|australia|nz|vulgar|slang) the pubic hair and vulva or minge can be (us|dialect) a small biting fly; a midge while mingei is a japanese folk art movement focusing on inexpensive hand-made everyday items.

As a verb minge

is to mingle; to mix.

minge

English

Etymology 1

Anglo-Romani, from (etyl) .-->

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British, Australia, NZ, vulgar, slang) The pubic hair and vulva.

    • Etymology 2

    Probably corrupted from (midge).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, dialect) A small biting fly; a midge.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) mingen, mengen, from (etyl) . More at ming.

    Verb

    (ming)
  • To mingle; to mix.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    mingei

    English

    (wikipedia mingei)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A Japanese folk art movement focusing on inexpensive hand-made everyday items.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 23, author=William L. Hamilton, title=Tatsuzo Shimaoka, 88, Master of Pottery, Is Dead, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=He studied industrial ceramics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, inspired by a visit to the Japan Folk Crafts Museum in 1938, where he encountered mingei philosophy, and its objects, for the first time. }}