May 15, 2003

manged

/mahnjd/ n.

[probably from the French ‘manger’ or Italian ‘mangiare’, to eat; perhaps influenced by English ‘mange’, ‘mangy’] adj. Refers to anything that is mangled or damaged, usually beyond repair. The disk was manged after the electrical storm. Compare mung.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:39 AM

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