Timeline for How do you describe a nut which does not tighten
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| Dec 5, 2018 at 19:04 | comment | added | Dawood ibn Kareem | It's worth noting that this is slang. It also doesn't apply specifically to a stripped thread - a nut or a bolt can be munted in so many other ways. | |
| Dec 5, 2018 at 4:44 | comment | added | mcalex | @J...possibly how it got to UK? | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 18:40 | comment | added | Lightness Races in Orbit | @J... Maybe it's a London thing. Only been two or three times. | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 17:41 | comment | added | J... | @LightnessRacesinOrbit That just means you don't know enough chavs. Heard it plenty in London, though it seems it may be something brought to the UK from NZ/Aus. It's definitely a newer word - didn't really feature prior to the '90s. | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 17:22 | comment | added | Lightness Races in Orbit | Never heard it in the UK either. | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 16:53 | comment | added | John U | @ChrisH - so can I, but referring to a mechanical fastener as drunk doesn't quite fit, hence I would say munted is not a good fit here. | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 16:40 | comment | added | Chris H | @JohnU I can think of plenty of words meaning both "broken" and "incapacitated" a few of them may even be usable in poltie company. Slightly differently there's knackered (UK) =worn out/fatigued/(of a horse etc.) ready to be slaughtered | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 13:59 | comment | added | user68033 | *not to be confused with a munter. | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 12:53 | comment | added | John U | Whereas in England "munted" means "off your face" or "very drunk" / incapacitated, as used in Shaun Of The Dead. | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 10:37 | comment | added | chasly - supports Monica | Something about 'munted' makes me immediately understand what it means! | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 5:38 | comment | added | user207421 | I am a 67yo Australian and I have never heard the word 'munted' in my life. | |
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| Dec 3, 2018 at 21:04 | history | answered | Malcolm | CC BY-SA 4.0 |