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| Mincer Bit! |
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| The "Mincer" or Monsieur...no, forget that, its just a French person. According to Schott's Original Miscellany "Mincer" or more correctly, "to Mince" is a word meaning to walk 'effeminatly'. The word derived from "Polari" - a theatrical/homosexual slang prevelant in the 50's and 60's which consisted of an eclectic mix of Italian, Romany, back-slang, Yiddish, naval-slang and theatre speak...
but no one cares what they think. A mincer is someone who is...well, they're a bit....y'know...kinda...oohhhhhhh (the above is a mincing sentence) "One should not Mince" - the Queen The Cambridge theory... those top bods at Cambridge have come up with this definition of mincer... mincer British and Australian, American usually meat grinder noun [C] A mincer is a machine for cutting food, esp. meat, into small bits in conclusion: Cambridge people are stupid |
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| The everyone who isn't from Cambridge theory
This is what intelligent people think about the word mincer: mince v. minced, minc·ing, minc·es v. tr. To pronounce in an affected way, as with studied elegance and refinement. To moderate or restrain (words) for the sake of politeness and decorum; euphemize: Don't mince words: say what you mean. To walk with very short steps or with exaggerated primness. To speak in an affected way. [Middle English mincen, from Old French mincier, from Vulgar Latin *mintire, from Latin mintia, smallness ; see minutia.] Thats the one! |
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