Mintie moment
(AU, colloquial) A situation of acute embarrassment or failure.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026AUS
(AU, colloquial) A situation of acute embarrassment or failure.
Origin: 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". Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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