Mint, Lemon, and other Fruits

[denisky]

Could anyone explain to me the meaning of "mint condition", "lemon condition", and other fruity conditions? I don't know those terms, because in Indonesia, we use percentage (i.e: 70%, 80%, 99%) to value the condition of used goods.

[aaa]

A lemon condition? Well you can call something a "lemon", which means it's badly broken in some way.

As for "Mint condition", see here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint_condition

[denisky]

A lemon condition? Well you can call something a "lemon", which means it's badly broken in some way.

As for "Mint condition", see here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint_condition

Thanks aaa for the link. I did a search using Google, but it showed up a band named "Mint Condition" and other music related results instead.

Other than lemon, is there any fruity terms to use? I'm sorry for my bad english.

[rkawakami]

Plum: highly desirable; something to be envious of
Cherry: nicely appointed; usually used when describing the results of an admired restoration project
Lemon: naturally defective; generally applied to an item that has broken so many times that no amount of fixing will make it usable
Peach: attractive

[BeeJayEmm]

Raspberry- your response to a lemon.
Blackberry- highly addictive

[Harryc]

Tomato - Hot to look at

http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/ ... her/tomato

[ArtShapiro]

UGLI: probably not a Thinkpad one would wish to purchase.

Art

[TTY]

If you want to stay on friendly terms with a colleague, it might be a good idea not to call him fruity.