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mog.

To manifest effortless dominance through self-evident superior handsomeness, especially with composure and by quiet comparison.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/mɒɡ/Received-Pronunciation/mɔɡ/General-American/mɑɡ/cot-caught-merger
  1. To manifest effortless dominance through self-evident superior handsomeness, especially with composure and by quiet comparison.

    Internet · intransitive · stative · transitive
    He mogged him just by standing next to him.
    His face mogs mine to hell and back.
  2. To be superior to (something); to beat, outclass.

    Internet · broadly · stative · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)bor. Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha)bor. English alpha Latin mās Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin masculus Vulgar Latin masclus Old French maslebor. Middle English male English male English alpha male Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Germanic *ab Proto-West Germanic *ab Old English æf Old English of Middle English of English of Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kruppazder. Frankish *kruppbor. Vulgar Latin *cruppus Italian gruppobor. French groupebor. ▲ Italian gruppobor. English group English AMOG English mog Derived from AMOG (“alpha male of group”) perhaps influenced by mug (i.e. in mug shot). The word first appeared on fitness forums and imageboards around 2016 and was popularized around 2021.

verb/mɒɡ/Received-Pronunciation/mɔɡ/General-American/mɑɡ/cot-caught-merger
  1. To move or walk slowly; to trudge, amble; (more broadly) to go.

    UK · US · dialectal · intransitive
    to mog about
    to mog off
  2. To cause to move; to drive.

    UK · US · dialectal · rare · transitive
  3. In the game of costly colours: to exchange (a card) with the dealer.

    intransitive · transitive
Where this word comes from

Unknown; the Oxford English Dictionary tentatively suggests a connection to the Scottish dialect terms mudge (“to move oneself; to stir”) and muggins.

noun/mɒɡ/Received-Pronunciation/mɔɡ/General-American/mɑɡ/cot-caught-merger
  1. A cat.

    UK · colloquial
    Get that mog out of here!
Where this word comes from

Clipping of moggie or moggy.

verb/mɒɡ/Received-Pronunciation/mɔɡ/General-American/mɑɡ/cot-caught-merger
  1. To remove (a public servant) from their position following a Machinery of Government change, a process in which the Government of Australia reorganizes the responsibilities and structure of the government.

    Australia · informal · transitive
Where this word comes from

From MoG (“Machinery of Government”).

noun/mɒɡ/Received-Pronunciation/mɔɡ/General-American/mɑɡ/cot-caught-merger
  1. A traditional soft cookie made with molasses, spices, dried fruits, and toasted pecans.

    Canada · Newfoundland
    Nan made a batch of fresh mogs for Christmas—rich with molasses and full of raisins.
Where this word comes from

(Canada, Newfoundland) Shortening of lassy mog. Origin unknown; possibly from lassy (molasses) + a dialectal shortening or variant of mug or morsel.

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