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Munted vs Munged - What's the difference?

munted | munged |

As an adjective munted

is (british|slang) drunk.

As a verb munged is

(mung).

munted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (British, slang) Drunk.
  • * 2008 , Robert Merrick, Guilt-Edged Seduction
    • ...he might even, if it was okay with Roly, bring a couple of cans of lager to drink: "Only two though, I don't wanna get munted and useless..."
  • * 2008 , Dave Franklin, English Toss on Planet Andong
    • Paul began to walk home, looking for a taxi. Michael called. "Hey, it's my birthday, dude! Let's get munted !"
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Intoxicated (by drugs or alcohol).
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang, by extension) Damaged or unusable.
  • * 2011 , Bob Parker, Mayor of Christchurch, to TVNZ (wryly) following a severe earthquake:
    • ..."Our main sewer [trunk] is seriously munted ... I believe that is the technical term." , NZ Herald on line edition, 22-25 February 2011 (see 09:46)

    Related terms

    * munter

    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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