# Mintie moment

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A situation of acute embarrassment or failure.

## 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".

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mintie-moment