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Munged vs Gunged - What's the difference?

munged | gunged |

As verbs the difference between munged and gunged

is that munged is past tense of mung while gunged is past tense of gunge.

munged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (mung)
  • (munge)

    • mung

    English

    (wikipedia mung)

    Alternative forms

    * moong, munge

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of small bean.
  • The mung bean, cultivated for its sprouts, Vigna radiata or .

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from Mash Until No Good'', or a self referencing acronym, ''Mung Until No Good . Rumored to have originated from one of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology computer groups in the 1970s or 1980s.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (computing, informal) To make repeated changes to a file or data which individually may be reversible, yet which ultimately result in an unintentional irreversible destruction of large portions of the original data.
  • (by extension, informal) to destroy
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    gunged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gunge)

    • gunge

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (British) A soft, sticky mass; goo; gunk.
  • * (rfdate), New Scientist :
    • They call this solid material tholin (after the Greek word for muddy), but it seems likely that chemists will continue to call this rather familiar material “gunge.”
  • * 1978 , A.S. Byatt, The Virgin in The Garden , Vintage International 1992, p.390:
    • Have I got trails of gunge on these frills?

    Derived terms

    * gungey/gungy

    Verb

    (gung)
  • To clog with gunge.
  • (British) To cover someone with gunge.

    • Synonyms

    * goo * goop * grunge * gunk * slime ----