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27th February 2019
08:27am GMT

That's what happened during last night's Coronation Street when Tracy and Steve were trying to plan an evening out.
Steve suggested they go to a certain Indian restaurant because they had a few solid deals on - and Tracy flipped out and called him a "mingebag."
Gas.
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Now, in most parts of the UK and Ireland, a "mingebag" refers to the female genitalia combined with the word "bag."
It is a slang word generally used to call offence by suggesting another human being is simply a bag of vaginas, or indeed, vulvas.
Audiences were understandably shocked that Tracy had used such a word on the show last night long before the watershed.
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However, as it turns out, "mingebag" doesn't mean the same thing in the north of England than it does in other places.
According to Collins Dictionary, it refers to a person who is "frugal or avoids paying their ways." It's a colloquial word apparently often used in Liverpool, eg: "Gary did not buy a beer all night. What a mingebag."
Right, so.
That makes more sense, yeah. But still, you can see where the confusion arose in fairness.
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