Mintie moment
- noun
- Informal
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momento dulce
- We shared a Mintie moment while looking through old family photos.
Examples
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Hiking to the top together was a real Mintie moment for us.
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The surprise party turned out to be a wonderful Mintie moment for her.
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He always talks about that night as their first Mintie moment.
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What a lovely Mintie moment!
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That was a wonderful Mintie moment!
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Looking at the sunset brought back a sweet Mintie moment from our childhood.
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We often reminisce about that joyful Mintie moment at the beach last summer.
Synonyms
8
3.7
A special time you care about and want to remember
7
4.3
A special time you remember that makes you feel very happy
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2.1
A short time when you feel very happy
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3.5
A short time of warm feelings you remember
A sudden memory from a smell or sound that makes you feel as if you are back in the past
A short pleasant feeling that makes you feel warm and happy
A short time when people feel cheerful and laugh
How Joyful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Mintie + moment
The element 'Mintie' is not a transparent lexical item for a B1 learner (it appears to be a name/brand or nonce word and is not found in the dictionary), so the meaning 'sweet, nostalgic, joyful experience' cannot be derived from its parts. 'Moment' alone does not supply the necessary semantic link, making the expression idiomatic/nonce and unpredictable to learners who only know the constituents.
Etymology
Mintie moment may come from small mint sweets people often get at happy times like parties or after meals; the quick, fresh taste can bring back a warm, fond memory, so the phrase came to mean 'a sweet, nostalgic moment'.