mini
nounEtymology Abbrevations.
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Abbreviation Abbreviation of miniskirt.
- All Normal Catholic Schoolgirls had creative ways of sluttifying our pure-as-the-driven-snow required attire. […] Most important is rolling your skirt so that it is a virtual mini […]2010, Donna Freitas, The Possibilities of Sainthood:
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Abbreviation, Dated Abbreviation of minicomputer.
- Micros will move upwards to where they have the same power and speed as today's minis.1975 June 25, Computerworld, page 20:
- Time sharing will be done by the mini because time sharing (the bulk of which is simple text editing) is the wrong thing to do on a maxi and the right thing on a mini.1976, E. Salkovitz, “Science, Technology, and the Modern Navy: Thirtieth Anniversary, 1946-1976”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), United States. Office of Naval Research, page 474:
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Abbreviation Abbreviation of miniature (“small figurine of a character”).
Roleplaying games; board games; roleplaying games; board games
- You can add to the realism by painting your minis accurately.
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Informal A very young dancer.
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A small bottle of perfume.
- In addition to decants, minis, and used bottles of vintage, perfume nips are a fun way to try out vintage, and they seem to be all over the Internet.2013, Barbara Herman, Scent and Subversion: Decoding a Century of Provocative Perfume, page 261:
- Derived terms
- micromini