minging
MING-ing, hard gadjectiveInformal
A British English slang term. Browse all British slang.
What it means
Disgusting; foul-smelling or filthy.
Of a person: unattractive. This use is unkind and increasingly avoided.
In use
That bin's been out a week, it's minging.
The weather was minging all weekend.
Where it comes from
From Scots ming, 'a bad smell'. It spread south in the 1990s. The 'ugly' sense is a later extension and is the reason the word now carries a caution.
Other forms
- Similar terms:
- rank, grim