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MUSTIE
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English
Etymology
Acronym chosen to sound ilke the word musty, which may describe old books.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌstɪ/
Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌsti
Noun
MUSTIE (uncountable)
- (library science) Acronym of misleading, ugly (i.e. badly worn or damaged), superseded, trivial, irrelevant, (available) elsewhere (“a set of criteria for weeding books from a library”).
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