Definitions

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  • adjective mutilated, twisted, or disfigured.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of mangle.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having edges that are jagged from injury

Etymologies

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mangle +‎ -ed

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Examples

  • Begins here report of critic me on novel by Fight Club author all in mangled English dorky like this.

    2009 August 10 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009

  • This wasn't just a case of a misplaced letter or a word mangled by the spelling checker.

    Archive 2009-10-01 J. Steven York 2009

  • This wasn't just a case of a misplaced letter or a word mangled by the spelling checker.

    How Lazy New York Publishers Act Like eBook Amateurs J. Steven York 2009

  • (Click on thumbnail for enlargement) The blog "My Surmise" has a scan of a flexible keyboard user's manual written in mangled English.

    Boing Boing: December 3, 2006 - December 9, 2006 Archives 2006

  • Senator Obama is used to having his name mangled and his ties to the Muslim world questioned.

    CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2008 2008

  • Barack Obama is used to having his name mangled and his ties to the Muslim world questioned.

    CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2008 2008

  • I even wrote a couple of screenplays, both of which, in mangled form, made it to the big screen (don't ask, they embarass me since their ultimate form is not something I can really claim as mine anymore, not that I'd want to associate my name with their lackluster ickiness).

    sinebuano Dean Francis Alfar 2005

  • Then I wondered over to another right-wing blog, and after having my name mangled by the other commenters of that blog, I went back to the rabbit name.

    "If I quit blogging, it will be because I get tired of having to pay attention to the news all the time." Ann Althouse 2006

  • When his turn came to speak at the conference, he had this to say: I am sorry to disappoint science-fiction fans, but if you jump into a black hole, your mass energy will be returned to our universe, but in mangled form.

    Never Mind 2004

  • When his turn came to speak at the conference, he had this to say: I am sorry to disappoint science-fiction fans, but if you jump into a black hole, your mass energy will be returned to our universe, but in mangled form.

    Never Mind 2004

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