harry_soletsky1 Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 Awhile back I posted this question before and got answers that no one knew what it meant. Well the word has crept back. I have no idea whether this means less or more than mint. Certainly it's rediculous to invent a new catagory when we already have mint and mint- which are a problem catagory in themselves. When this whole nuttiness started years ago the Shutterbug Ads catagories seemed to be, and to me, still are enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_hoffman Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 Minty means nothing to me. I've seen "minty" stuff on eBay that looked like crap. Mint means flawless. Minty seems to mean anything. A BAD WORD! :^) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricks Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 Here we go again. English is a dynamic language and new words/meanings are invented all the time. I use "minty". Basically the same as mint-, just below "mint" which eqauls New. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolmingli Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 I think it means "cute and mint", or "nice and mint". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_conboy1 Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 I think it means "fresh, not medicinny" according to Procter & Gamble. On eBay it can mean "caveat emptor". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_hoffman Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 Heh. MINT means MINT. A knockoff of that word is POINTLESS. It's like the word DEAD. Either one is dead or one isn't. You can't be a little dead, or sort of dead. Grrrr... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Farrell Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 In New Zealand, a "minty" is a mint flavoured toffee....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan flanders Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 I dont like the word either, but it seems to have become part of the language and I guess we will have to live with it. To me it implies that it looks pretty nice to the vendor who doesnt know (or care) how to classify it. If it is really a klunker then its purveyor is a liar, but a liar could also just as easily call it mint. Just another case of buyer beware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_.1 Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 Main Entry: 1mint Pronunciation: 'mint Function: noun Etymology: Middle English minte, from Old English, from Latin mentha, menta; akin to Greek minthE mint Date: before 12th century 1 : any of a family (Labiatae, the mint family) of aromatic plants with a square stem and a 4-lobed ovary which produces four one-seeded nutlets in fruit; especially : any of a genus (Mentha) of mints that have white, purple, or pink verticillate flowers with a nearly regular corolla and four equal stamens and that include some used in flavoring and cookery 2 : a confection flavored with mint - minty /'min-tE/ adjective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_.1 Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 Hehe...just kidding. To me, minty means mintish, which means almost mint, but no cigar. Now when someone says "almost" that can mean a lot of things to a lot of persons. Mint however is an absolute- it means as new, as if it were fresh from the factory. I've seen "pristine" used as well- for items that were not my definition of pristine. Perchance they meant really clean via pristine? I don't know, but it's annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_freeman1 Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 In the ebay sense of the word, "minty" means I'm lying about the condition of this item in order to attract some interest...jf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno_menilli Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 Steve You're absolutely right! just as it would be nonsense to say "I'm a little bit pregnant" Regards Bruno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new hampshire john Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 Steve - funny that you should use "dead" as the analogue - I would have, too, a couple of years ago - "a little bit dead" is like "a little bit mint" or "a little bit pregnant," yeah? But then a good buddy started work as a full-time big-city EMT, and one of his late-night sorta-tipsy stories started off with, "well, there are two kinds of dead: one kind is where we show up and someone's heart is stopped and they're not breathing and they're gettin' cold. that's dead. then there's the kind where we show up and someone's head isn't attached to their body anymore. that's f@#$in' dead. anyway, just thought i'd complicate things with that little tale. but yeah, i've always seen minty as a big freakin' red flag in auctions. might be nothing to worry about (Patrick, above, says he uses it -- if he listed something as "minty," I'm sure it would be fine), or it might mean "mint except for social security number etched below flash plugs by someone with exceedingly shaky hands." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim h1664876971 Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 'Minty' means 'this item would be mint if it didnt have all these scratches, dents and rust spots...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay_. Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 I prefer either the 6-10 scale ratings or KEH BGN to LIKE NEW ratings because they are the most specific, yet of course there's no perfect system as people will always disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_. Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 It means "close to mint but below" to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markci Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 On eBay it most likely means "looks close enough to mint...in low-res jpegs and favorable lighting." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_w. Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 Minty = Mint - = 9+ = LN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackers_. Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 If I call something mint, someone, somewhere would find or make a pinhole it the chrome on the inside of the bottom plate and sue me for everything I could earn in three lifetimes. Minty should mean near perfect without all the hoops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan flanders Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 On reconsideration I think it isn't quite as questionable as "very unique". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_white2 Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 If you suck on your Summicron, it tastes like mint. PJW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic_. Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 A few other vague terms: Virginal Mint+++++ Mint++++ Triple Mint LNIB. Is this above or below virginal, above or below Mint+++++ How about Mint++++++++++++++++? (How many +'s is the upper bound?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic_. Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 If there was a fair and decent return policy, all these terms would be rendered meaningless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_r._fulton_jr. Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 minty is somewhere between bodacious and most-excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_brown4 Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 "Minty" - That means onions, the anti-mint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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