Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [muhng]
- /mʌŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [muhng]
- /mʌŋ/
Definitions of mung word
- noun mung something disgusting or offensive, especially filth or muck. 1
- verb with object mung to make dirty (often followed by up). 1
- verb with object mung to spoil, ruin, or destroy (often followed by up). 1
- verb with object mung Computers. to make incremental changes to (a file, system, etc.), eventually ruining or destroying the original. to modify (an email address) in an easily reversible way, to avoid spam. 1
- noun mung A small round green bean. 1
- noun Definition of mung in Technology /muhng/ (MIT, 1960) Mash Until No Good. Sometime after that the derivation from the recursive acronym "Mung Until No Good" became standard. 1. To make changes to a file, especially large-scale and irrevocable changes. See BLT. 2. To destroy, usually accidentally, occasionally maliciously. The system only mungs things maliciously; this is a consequence of Finagle's Law. See scribble, mangle, trash, nuke. Reports from Usenet suggest that the pronunciation /muhnj/ is now usual in speech, but the spelling "mung" is still common in program comments (compare the widespread confusion over the proper spelling of kluge). 3. The kind of beans of which the sprouts are used in Chinese food. (That's their real name! Mung beans! Really!) Like many early hacker terms, this one seems to have originated at TMRC; it was already in use there in 1958. Peter Samson (compiler of the original TMRC lexicon) thinks it may originally have been onomatopoeic for the sound of a relay spring (contact) being twanged. However, it is known that during the World Wars, "mung" was army slang for the ersatz creamed chipped beef better known as "SOS". 1
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Origin of mung
First appearance:
before 1945 One of the 6% newest English words
First recorded in 1945-50; of uncertain origin
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Mung
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mung popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mung usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mung
adj mung
- dusty — filled, covered, or clouded with or as with dust.
- murky — dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
- muddy — abounding in or covered with mud.
- disheveled — hanging loosely or in disorder; unkempt: disheveled hair.
- crummy — Something that is crummy is unpleasant, of very poor quality, or not good enough.
adjective mung
- disarrayed — Simple past tense and past participle of disarray.
- dirty — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
Antonyms for mung
adj mung
- ordered — neatly or conveniently arranged; well-organized: an ordered office.
- sterile — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- spotless — free from any spot, stain, etc.; immaculately clean: a spotless kitchen.
- moral — of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
- clean — Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
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