Manchester slang

mint

Excellent, impressive, or very good.

Meaning and local context

In Manchester, “mint” means Excellent, impressive, or very good. A common positive adjective in Manchester and wider northern speech.

Example in context

A local example is “That new track is mint.” In plain English, that means “That new song is excellent.”

That new track is mint.

That new song is excellent.

How to interpret it

The surrounding sentence is important when interpreting “mint”. Use the regional sense above when the situation matches the example instead of relying on the word or phrase in isolation.

Tone and caution

It is informal and not uniquely Mancunian. Because this is informal regional language, tone and situation should guide whether you use “mint” yourself or simply recognise it when someone else uses it.

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