The one I don't care for is "never been gigged" as though this bestows some sort of value.
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'Minty' arghhhhh....
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Or inside all of us due to the incessant never ending grind of thankless existence....
Oh..Wait...I is like bass. Nevermind.
I usually feel better after I poop. Jus sayin'.
And that's nowhere close to minty.....
Man, I can tell its late and I just drove two hours after the gig...l
“creamery” butter pisses me off too. *** does that even mean??!
.....and cage free eggs? Who would be stupid enough, to put eggs in a cage?
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I once happened upon a 'minty' machine. It was most desirable, a very good price, and right up my alley. I was a little bit nervous, as one should be when considering the words of a web-ward stranger who wants eagerly to sell you something. But I summed it all up. All the pieces seemed to fit together. I was in a rambunctious mood, so I got a nice piece of that BUY NOW button.
This thing was modded, professionally, but otherwise had all the attributes of a brand-new FgN Gold Top Neo Classic Les Paul fitted with P90s and a Tune-O-Matic bridge. It was flawless, as flawless as a near-new machine can be. The pictures were many and heavy on detail and gave away nothing except one glorious, unadulterated axe. He said it was 'minty'. He said 'minty' quite readily, in relation to other stock he was trying to move, so I was nervous. But minty is a reasonable term, one that does not mean 'mint' but implies near-perfection. 'Mint' is a word fraught with problems but used all too often, none the less
I love and encourage a little poetic licence. So, I gave him the benefit of the doubt. I'm so glad I did.
I can't get enough of this guitar. It sits perpetually on a stand in my studio and, more often than not, it's the one I go to. Had I balked at the word 'minty' I'd be at a distinct loss. That's not what sold me though. All things considered, without a word being uttered, it was worth a shot. And I made a killing. You don't see these often and when you do, they're twice the price I paid. I've done no damage to it but I wouldn't call it minty, not anymore — actually, I wouldn't ever call it minty — but I could return it to a factory state with a stock cap, etc., and a soldering iron and nobody would be the wiser. I have no call to do that. And I'm not selling 
This thing was modded, professionally, but otherwise had all the attributes of a brand-new FgN Gold Top Neo Classic Les Paul fitted with P90s and a Tune-O-Matic bridge. It was flawless, as flawless as a near-new machine can be. The pictures were many and heavy on detail and gave away nothing except one glorious, unadulterated axe. He said it was 'minty'. He said 'minty' quite readily, in relation to other stock he was trying to move, so I was nervous. But minty is a reasonable term, one that does not mean 'mint' but implies near-perfection. 'Mint' is a word fraught with problems but used all too often, none the less
I love and encourage a little poetic licence. So, I gave him the benefit of the doubt. I'm so glad I did.I can't get enough of this guitar. It sits perpetually on a stand in my studio and, more often than not, it's the one I go to. Had I balked at the word 'minty' I'd be at a distinct loss. That's not what sold me though. All things considered, without a word being uttered, it was worth a shot. And I made a killing. You don't see these often and when you do, they're twice the price I paid. I've done no damage to it but I wouldn't call it minty, not anymore — actually, I wouldn't ever call it minty
— but I could return it to a factory state with a stock cap, etc., and a soldering iron and nobody would be the wiser. I have no call to do that. And I'm not selling 
+1.
Minty and melty, made up words that should be stricken from the language...by force if necessary. Agreed.
Being Australian of origin, I've always thought this term related to the next best thing after kangaroos, AC/DC, & Crocodile Dundee,
These sweets (candy) never made it to the USA (probably for a good reason!)
...but has always had the same pawnshop retailer odour as this thread suggests
These sweets (candy) never made it to the USA (probably for a good reason!)
...but has always had the same pawnshop retailer odour as this thread suggests
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Research shows that adjectives sell. You’ll pay more for “creamery butter” for example.
My airport hotel room had its clock set forward exactly fifteen minutes. I knew it, but still left earlier than I would have otherwise. And I think the cleaning staff knows that!
There was a good cathartic kvetch thread about classifieds terms in general last month or so...
My airport hotel room had its clock set forward exactly fifteen minutes. I knew it, but still left earlier than I would have otherwise. And I think the cleaning staff knows that!
There was a good cathartic kvetch thread about classifieds terms in general last month or so...
in the same vein, “creamery” butter pisses me off too. *** does that even mean??!
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Just as "cage free" eggs taste better because cageless eggs are more free, and able to manifest the uniqueness and essence of their egg souls, so too is creamery butter raised in a more nurturing, butter-centric environment where butter can reach its full potential as a dairy product. You might find other butter on the highways or byways of life, adrift and without purpose, unfulfilled it its potential for creamy-ness, but Creamery Butter, coming from the more-or-less Montessori school of dairy production, rather than the mass manufacturing hellholes that crush butter's spirit and quell its flavor, has been able to arrive at our tables having gotten there by pursuing its own individual destiny. However, I do need more information about the cows' enclosures before I can fully judge a butter.
Minty Translation="I'm hoping some sucker will pay new price for my used bass"--
Seriously, there are some DREAMERS on these classified boards. I won't name names, but guess what, even though you paid $7000 for your bass NEW< doesn't mean someone is going to pay $6700 for it used. Yeesh!
Buy new YOU take the hit, and it's a minimum around 30% off when you sell. And that number goes up to 40% or more discount for Carvin/Kiesels/Fretless/LeftHanded and weird finish basses.
"But I paid $600 extra for a double, purple heart, okingue top sawed in quarters and re-glued in thirds!"
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I seriously thought this thread was gonna be about a dislike for a certain color of pick guard.
I’ve listed and sold a number of items here, on eBay and Reverb described in “mint” condition. 100% positive feedback on all three sites. I’ll see myself out.
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