Mutt vs Munt - What's the difference?
mutt | munt |
A mongrel dog; a dog of mixed breed or uncertain origin.
(figuratively, sometimes, pejorative) A person of diverse ancestry.
(chiefly, US, slang) As a term of abuse: an idiot, a stupid person.
A black person, usually a man.
* 2006 , Geoffrey Nyarota, Against the Grain: Memoirs of a Zimbabwean Newsman , Zebra Press, page 63:
As nouns the difference between mutt and munt
is that mutt is a mongrel dog; a dog of mixed breed or uncertain origin or mutt can be while munt is a black person, usually a man.As a verb munt is
(australia|slang) to vomit (usually while drunk).mutt
English
Etymology 1
From muttonhead.Noun
(en noun)Coordinate terms
* moggy (of a cat)See also
* bitsa, bitser * cur * mongrel * Mutt and JeffEtymology 2
munt
English
Etymology 1
Derived from umntu , Ndebele for a human being.Noun
(en noun)- Munt'' was a derogatory term used by the [Rhodesian] security forces to refer to blacks. I suspect its origin was the word ''umntu , Ndebele for a person or human being
