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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