Mintie moment

English

Alternative forms

  • Minties moment

Etymology

From an advertising campaign for Minties, an Australian brand of mint confectionery, involving cartoons of embarrassing occurrences captioned "It's moments like these you need Minties".

Pronunciation

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Noun

Mintie moment (plural Mintie moments)

  1. (Australia, colloquial) A situation of acute embarrassment or failure.
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