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Offline Yu_Bumsuk

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Re: A random British slang question for British people
« Reply #20 on: March 15, 2011, 12:10:46 pm »
Quote from: bern on March 15, 2011, 11:45:22 am


Adjective

He/she/it is minging

That's the present progressive, not an adjective. You could use it as a participle (as in 'Minging on his gf, he dicovered a new wart'). As an adj.? Maybe as in 'He's a minging lad' but it hardly sounds commonplace.
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Re: A random British slang question for British people
« Reply #21 on: March 15, 2011, 12:23:50 pm »
I see your point, as an adjective:

"minging
adjective                   
      
ming‧ing
very bad, unpleasant, or ugly:
 Those trainers are minging."

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/minging

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Re: A random British slang question for British people
« Reply #22 on: March 15, 2011, 12:27:32 pm »
Hats off to everyone in this thread for teaching me some new English, lol
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