" mint "

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1:  Nice

  * e.g.,  ... Man, that shit is mint. 

 [ "mint" ]

2:  Cool

 [ "mint" ]

1: Expression used in The North Of England meaning good

  * e.g.,  ... Ah, thats well mint! 

 [ "mint" ]

1: This word is used very often in the North East of England. Especially by teenagers on the streets and chavs. It's basically just used as a substitute for words meaning cool, class and ace.

  * e.g.,  ... thats proper mint that! 

 [ "mint" ]

1: a large sum of money

  * e.g.,  ... Man, they spent a mint to get that car 

 [ "mint" ]

1: brilliant

  * e.g.,  ... Mint! 

 [ "mint" ]

1: An expression that, in terms of classifieds advertising, has lost all meaning.

  * e.g.,  ... Trying to sell my <item>, used only a few times... in mint condition! 

 [ "mint" ]

1: If something is a mint, it makes a lot of cents, or in this case sense.

  * e.g.,  ... *after explaining something* 

 [ "mint" ]

1:  Unexpectedly great; used as a response to new information

  * e.g.,  ...  "Hey, I just bought a new car" "Really? That's Mint!" 

 [ "mint" ]

2:  Very good; to describe

  * e.g.,  ...  "Holy christ, that girl's Mint!" 

 [ "mint" ]

3:  An exclaimation of happiness

  * e.g.,  ...  Just win the lottery? Shout "Mint!", then laugh maniacally. 

 [ "mint" ]

4: Note: Pronounced "m-uh-nt". Say it quick . . . muhnt! Now drop the T sort of. Good job.

  * e.g.,  ...  This mint is 'Mint!' 

 [ "mint" ]

1: Specifically meaning (and sometimes legally) that the item is literally untouched by human hands.

  * e.g.,  ... "This camera is MINT condition, I opened it to see if it took the kind of storage-card that I use but it didn't, so I put it back in the box." 

 [ "mint" ]

2: The term comes from coins made at COIN MINTS which were dropped from the press directly into boxes for collectors and therefore never touched by human hands.

  * e.g.,  ... "This 40-year-old Gibson guitar has been in the closet since my grandfather won it in a contest, and other than a few playings it's nearly mint-condition." 

 [ "mint" ]

3: The meaning of the term "mint" is about as strict as the definition for the word "virgin."

 [ "mint" ]

4: In stretching the modern-day definition, it sometimes is valid to refer to an item which was purchased brand-new and unopened, but has been opened and checked but never used.

 [ "mint" ]

5: A further stretch is the use of "near-mint" which would still mean something possibly tested and used briefly but which still has no evidence of human handling or use.

 [ "mint" ]

6: It does NOT mean "looks like it's almost new." It does NOT mean anything to do with the herbal MINTS, as unfortunately assumed by many newer-generation mis-users of the term "mint."

 [ "mint" ]

7: It does NOT mean, in legal or historical use, anything to do with "looks cool" or "good" or "nice," as defined by other submissions on this website, on many ebay listngs and in common modern-day slang mis-use. That is sheer illiterate bastardization of the term.

 [ "mint" ]

1: a girl who is super hot, but doesn't get around. Think of a breathe mint; hot, spicy, fresh, sweet.

  * e.g.,  ... That girl is fucking mint, man. She's not like those friends of hers, she's no slut.