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English

Alternative spellings
moong
mung bean
munge

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��|-��

Etymology 1
From Hindi

Noun
en-noun

1. A type of small bean.
2. A type of plant cultivated for its sprouts Vigna radiata or Phaseolus aureus.

Etymology 2
Possibly from Mash Until No Good, or a self referencing acronym, Mung Until No Good. Rumored to have originated from one of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology computer groups in the 1970s or 1980s.

Verb
en-verb

1. computing To make repeated changes to a file or data which individually may be reversible, yet which ultimately result in an unintentional irreversible destruction of large portions of the original data.
2. Hence to destroy.

Amanab

Noun
mung

1. leg

Category:Amanab nouns

id:mung
hu:mung

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