Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The vulva.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To mingle; to mix.
  • noun (Zoöl.), Local, U. S. A small biting fly; a midge.

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  • noun US, dialect A small biting fly; a midge.
  • noun UK, New Zealand, vulgar, slang The pubic hair and vulva.

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  • noun vulgar term for a woman's pubic hair or genitals

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Romani mindž, possibly from Armenian mēǰ, miǰ-, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots.]

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Probably corrupted from midge.

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Anglo-Romani, from Romani mintš ("female genitals").

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  • its adjective probably isn't mingy

    June 19, 2008

  • Don't be so sure, Johny!

    July 31, 2008

  • For some reason, I associate this word with a bad perm.

    July 31, 2008

  • Mingie and Gary were characters in a South Park episode, "A Million Little Fibers." They were Oprah Winfrey's private parts. Just doing my part to advance culture.

    December 8, 2008

  • Absolutely Fabulous uses the term frequently. "Yesterday you were going centre spread full tit and minge!" And something about being "bearded by my minge." Also, there's a character named Minge.

    February 22, 2009