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the cool that fakes your tongue into feeling temperature that was never there
means Tasting, smelling, or feeling of mint — fresh, cool, and clean — or, by extension, describing something in pristine, near-new condition.
from From "mint," the herb, whose name traces back through Old English "minte" to Latin "mentha" and Greek "míntha" — and beyond that, possibly to a pre-Greek word, since Greek myth tied it to a nymph named Minthe whom the goddess Persephone trampled into the fragrant plant. The plus-"y" turns the noun into the adjective. The "like-new" sense ("mint condition") is a separate thread: it comes from the coin mint, where freshly struck money emerges flawless and untouched.
- brain trick
- menthol hijacks cold-sensing nerves, no chill required
- breath weapon
- masks odors without killing the bacteria behind them
- old money
- mint plants once meant wealth in ancient Rome
- appetite kill
- the scent can dull your urge to snack
- slang flex
- 'minty' also means crisp, fresh, brand-new
altoids — iconic curiously strong mints, created 1912, sold globally in distinctive tin
tic tac — tiny mint candy with 1.5 calorie per piece, invented 1969 by ferrero
after eight mints — dark chocolate mint wafer made by nestlé since 1962