[SEL] scary... you can still buy asbestos./now govern"munt". - what the hell is a munt?

[Edd Payne]

No.I have never heard it before.May be a Tassie term?
EDD PAYNE
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Pavlinovich" <pjp at steamengine.com.au>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] scary... you can still buy asbestos./now govern"munt". - 
what the hell is a munt?


> Looked at your link... supposedly Australian Slang huh? I have to say
> I've never once heard it used. Another word that ends in 'unt' and
> doesn't start with 'm' is used quite regularly, but not 'munt'.
>
> Example 1 would be more like just the last sentence about Dave.
>
> Example 2 "Hey dude I drove over a squirrel the other day. I've got it
> here - look its completely munted!" - an Aussie may use "dude" but we
> don't have squirrels (seriously, we don't), and it would more likely be
> a wombat we ran over in which case the sentence would more likely be "I
> ran over a f*ckin hairy rock and now my car is totally rooted".
>
> Example 3 "A girl that is undesirable or not very attractive. Jim: What
> about tracey ? Dave: na shes a munt. Jim: Fair enough" would more likely
> be "Jim: What about tracey ? Dave: na shes a dog. Jim: Fair'nuf" but
> then again, most Aussie blokes would get into anything if they'd had
> enough beer so the situation probably wouldn't come up (back to too much
> beer again).
>
> See - now you've had a lesson is Stroin you could do the entrance exam
> and immigrate :)
>
> Stroin if you're wondering is a lot like Merican.
>
> Regards
> Paul
>
> Jerry Evans wrote:
>>          (for those of you who do not know what a "munt" is (beware it is
>> almost rascist !):
>> <http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=munt> explanation no. 4.
>>
>
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