NYT Dictionary

MUNTING

NounAdjectiveMUNT-ingmunt-ing · 2 syllablesAdvanced/Professional

Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2021

Meaning

A notional necrophilia-related activity wherein one places their mouth over one of the bodily orifices of a recently-deceased person while another jumps on the corpse's stomach, causing bodily fluids and partially-decomposed organs to be forcefully expelled throughout the various orifices of the corpse into the other person's mouth, which are then swallowed.

Etymology

Origin: Unknown

Described in a September 2004 user-submitted entry on Urban Dictionary; popularised on the video-sharing social media platform TikTok and other social media services in 2024 for its shock value and vulgarity.

NYT Puzzle Appearances

No published puzzle dates on file for this word yet. It is part of the official NYT Spelling Bee word list for 2021.

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