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mung acronym. Mash until no good; to change something so that it no longer works properly.

Example Citation:
"Reports from Usenet suggest that the pronunciation /muhnj/ is now usual in speech, but the spelling 'mung' is still common in program comments (compare the widespread confusion over the proper spelling of kluge)."
—The Jargon File

Related Word:
address munging

Subject Category:
Language - Acronyms and Abbreviations

Posted on February 20, 1999 at 9:12 PM


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