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Mintie moment
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English
Alternative forms
Minties moment
Etymology
From an advertising campaign for Minties, an Australian brand of mint confectionery, involving cartoons of embarrassing occurrences captioned "It's moments like these you need Minties".
Pronunciation
en en-au-Mintie moment.ogg AU
Noun
en AU colloquial A situation of acute embarrassment or failure.