"Mintie moment" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-Mintie moment.ogg [Australia] Forms: Mintie moments [plural]
Etymology: 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". Head templates: {{en-noun}} Mintie moment (plural Mintie moments)
  1. (Australia, colloquial) A situation of acute embarrassment or failure. Wikipedia link: Minties Tags: Australia, colloquial Synonyms: Minties moment
    Sense id: en-Mintie_moment-en-noun-l0BOY9MW Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header

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