[Leica] Don't touch that, it's minty!

[chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)]

I tend to skip any ebay auctions with the word minty used in the 
discription, as often it is the only discriptor.   Reminds me of 
Minty the band started by Leigh Bowery in the early 1990's



At 10:07 AM 6/3/2010, you wrote:
> > The adjective 'minty' is gaining currency among eBay sellers.  Perhaps
> > they think it sounds casual and friendly, but where I come from
> > (Geordieland, a.k.a. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK) it means scruffy or
> > dirty.  When I see this word used to describe classic camera gear I
> > hear echoes of my parents scolding, "Ugh, put that down, Peter, it's
> > minty!"
> >
> > http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/m.htm
> >
>
>We have a late night talk show host from Scotland Craig Ferguson who last
>time I saw the show a year ago got great humor from the use of the term
>"minty". Always got a chuckle out of me!
>
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>[Rabs]
>Mark William Rabiner
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