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mog

verb
/mɒɡ/UK/mɔɡ/US/mɑɡ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)bor. Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha)bor. English alpha Latin mās 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.

  1. derived from gruppobor
  2. derived from groupebor
  3. derived from *cruppus Italian gruppobor✻
  4. derived from *kruppazder✻
  5. derived from 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
  6. derived from alpha Latin mās Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin masculus Vulgar Latin masclus Old French maslebor

Definitions

  1. To be significantly more attractive than (someone or something)

    To be significantly more attractive than (someone or something); to dominate in appearance.

    • His face mogs mine to hell and back.
    • This youngshit mogs me: I'm such a hon.
    • Seriously, whenever I'm on campus, I just get mogged to fucking oblivion. The men are all so fucking god-like compared to a subhuman loser like me.

  2. To be superior to (something)

    To be superior to (something); to beat, outclass.

    • You live on an alternate world I take it? Joker mogs any MCU film. Batman will too.
    • Hyderabad is enough to mog any Pakistani city in infrastructure.
    • Internet absolutely mogs real life because here you can meet so many smart and intelligent people. I met a few here who I'm genuinely sure are in the top 10 of the smartest humans alive right now.

  3. To move or walk slowly

    To move or walk slowly; to trudge, amble; (more broadly) to go.

    • to mog about
    • to mog off
    • They marched, grumbling and threatening, but Sile never paid a bit of attention. He just mogged on behind, and every time one of them turned, he wiggled his gun, and that was enough.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. To cause to move

      To cause to move; to drive.

      • 'Tell John to mog the cows i' in the mornin'—it's time as they wenten i' the Cote Leasnow.'
      • "I've been directed here to find Miss Susan Pike," the man outside explained, between fresh coughings. ¶ "Well, then, mog your boots out of this as quick as ever you can!" my Aunt replied, with great promptitude. "You won't find her here!"

    2. In the game of costly colours

      In the game of costly colours: to exchange (a card) with the dealer.

    3. A cat.

      • Get that mog out of here!
      • Ulysses the cat is the real breakout star of the Coen brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis. He's not the first feline scene-stealer, though - here are ten other great cats in film (animated mogs excluded)

    4. To remove (a public servant) from their position following a Machinery of Government…

      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.

      • But recently under a machinery of government change, with the centralisation of the cybersecurity function under Alastair MacGibbon, that team has been mogged out from the DTA.

    5. A traditional soft cookie made with molasses, spices, dried fruits, and toasted pecans.

      • Nan made a batch of fresh mogs for Christmas—rich with molasses and full of raisins.

    6. Initialism of Machinery of Government.

    7. Alternative form of Magh.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mog. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA