Minging

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mince \Mince\ (m[i^]ns), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Minced}
     (m[i^]nst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Minging} (m[i^]n"s[i^]ng).] [AS.
     minsian to grow less, dwindle, fr. min small; akin to G.
     minder less, Goth. minniza less, mins less, adv., L. minor,
     adj. (cf. {Minor}); or more likely fr. F. mincer to mince,
     prob. from (assumed) LL. minutiare. [root]101. See {Minish}.]


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     1. To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as,
        to mince meat. --Bacon.
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     2. To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to
        palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and
        frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half
        and keep back half of; as, he doesn't mince words.
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              I know no ways to mince it in love, but directly to
              say -- "I love you."                  --Shak.
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              Siren, now mince the sin,
              And mollify damnation with a phrase.  --Dryden.
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              If, to mince his meaning, I had either omitted some
              part of what he said, or taken from the strength of
              his expression, I certainly had wronged him.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     3. To affect; to make a parade of. [R.] --Shak.
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