Pynchoniana in the Berkshires

Keith McMullen keithsz at sbcglobal.net
Wed Aug 24 08:48:27 CDT 2005


minge indeed means female genitals, and mingy means mean and stingy.....

On Aug 23, 2005, at 10:29 AM, Dave Monroe wrote:

Synecdoche, then ...

--- Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk> wrote:

>>  However, "minge" is also a British slang term for
>> a woman's genitals.
>
> Not quite - minge is the pubic hair.

... so what then of that "mingy stingy" line from The
Who's "Silas Stingy"?  Let me know ...

http://www.thewho.net/discography/songs/SilasStingy.html

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