'Minty' arghhhhh....

[Coolhandjjl]

The thing that grinds my gears is the incessant use of the fake word minty in the classified section.

First of all, is about as bad as commercials for fast food that use the fake word melty to describe cheese.

Second of all, nothing second-hand can be classified as mint. Once the strings hit a fret and leave a mark, it's no longer pristine. Even new-in-box may be riddled with factory defects.

And the word minty just sounds so cheesy. Wait... that's melty.

End of rant.

 

[bholder]

Mmmmm, minty meltey cheesey. Yuck.

 

[Pacman]

Feel better?

 

[mbelue]

How about "Delish"?
Or "Chillax“?

My dad used to get set off by" Hi". He believed not saying the full "hello" was disrespectful.

Then again I believe this thread might have deeper root cause than vocabulary frustration ..

 

[DirtDog]

The thing that grinds my gears is the incessant use of the fake word minty in the classified section.

Don’t deny me my experience! #hashtag.

 

[kesslari]

 

[T_Bone_TL]

Minty is a real word, and presumably means that they have smeared the object in question with toothpaste, mouthwash, or peppermint oil. If you sniff the package and it does not smell like mint, they are lying.

mint 1 |mint| noun 1 an aromatic plant native to temperate regions of the Old World, several kinds of which are used as culinary herbs.[Genus Mentha, family Labiatae (or Lamiaceae; the mint family): several species and hybrids, in particular the widely cultivated common mint or spearmint (M. spicata) and peppermint (M. × piperita). The mint family, the members of which have distinctive two-lobed flowers and square stems, includes numerous aromatic herbs, such as lavender, rosemary, sage, and thyme.]• the flavor of mint, esp. peppermint. 2 a peppermint candy.
DERIVATIVES minty adjective (mintier, mintiest)

 

[ThinCrappyTone]

The thing that grinds my gears is the incessant use of the fake word minty in the classified section.

First of all, is about as bad as commercials for fast food that use the fake word melty to describe cheese.

Second of all, nothing second-hand can be classified as mint. Once the strings hit a fret and leave a mark, it's no longer pristine. Even new-in-box may be riddled with factory defects.

And the word minty just sounds so cheesy. Wait... that's melty.

End of rant.

in the same vein, “creamery” butter pisses me off too. *** does that even mean??!

 

[lfmn16]

I no longer use the word mint because there's always some jerk that finds a spec of dust and disputes the description, but yes, I have bought and sold used instrument in mint condition. Mint is NOT the same as new.

 

[Spidey2112]

@Coolhandjjl, you don't seem yourself...
try one of these...

 

[Gorn]

 

[TN WOODMAN]

I once accidentally swallowed Scope mouthwash one morning. All day I had gas. It was minty not mediciney. I’m here all week folks.

 

[db59]

 

[bassliner50]

I will not loose sleep over this.

 

[bobba66]

Pretty sure melty cheese come from the creamery.

 

[red_rhino]

I want a minty bass, not a melty one.

 

[mikewalker]

CHOCOLATETY!!!!

USA spelling, CHOCOLATY!!​

 

[Crowd crusher]

Trousers

 

[T_Bone_TL]

CHOCOLATETY!!!!

USA spelling, CHOCOLATY!!​

This is just code for "fake chocolate" or "stuff that the marketing department supposes is a substitute for chocolate, which it in no way resembles, other than being some shade of brown, but not a shade of brown ever seen on chocolate" Chalklatey would come closer to the true experience, if you assume the chalk in question to be brown.

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

Coin collectors, correct me if I'm wrong. It's been 50 + years since I dabbled.
The U.S. Mint is where coins are made.
Coins that are in new condition are graded with the word "mint."
And other things picked up the word mint, from the hobby/business of coin collecting.
So can "new condition" be called "mint"?

I seem to also recall that coins with defects from the mint are highly valued.
While basses that have a factory defect are not.
But if the bass is exactly how it came from the factory, even defective, can it still be called mint?