English edit

Etymology edit

Acronym chosen to sound ilke the word musty, which may describe old books.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

MUSTIE (uncountable)

  1. (library science) Acronym of misleading, ugly (i.e. badly worn or damaged), superseded, trivial, irrelevant, (available) elsewhere (a set of criteria for weeding books from a library).

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