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spiralx
on April 12, 2018
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Show HN: Munt – The simplest way to accept cryptoc...
"Getting munted" is also slang for taking drugs from the clubbing scene in the 90s/00s. One who does so would be a munter.
antihero
on April 12, 2018
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Still is.
kristianc
on April 12, 2018
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(UK resident here) - didn't realize the drugs connotation. I just assumed it was interchangeable with 'minger'.
spiralx
on April 18, 2018
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It's both, which meaning comes across is dependent on who you're talking to I guess! Wiktionary says the drug-related meaning is from New Zealand, but it's been around here in London for at least two decades... we do have a lot of Anzacs though!
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