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Mog

//mɒɡ// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cat. UK, colloquial

    "Get that mog out of here!"

  2. 2
    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."

  3. 3
    Initialism of Machinery of Government. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  4. 4
    Alternative form of Magh. alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    To be significantly more attractive than (someone or something); to dominate in appearance. Internet, intransitive, stative, transitive

    "His face mogs mine to hell and back."

  2. 2
    To move or walk slowly; to trudge, amble; (more broadly) to go. UK, US, dialectal, intransitive

    "to mog about"

  3. 3
    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

    "The slowdown in house purchases prior to an election is natural, but not because public servant buyers are skittish about the political climate. They just don't want to watch the ink dry on their sale on a house in Tuggeranong, close to their department, only to be comprehensively mogged and presented with a commute to another building in faraway Belconnen - or worse, Gosford."

  4. 4
    To be superior to (something); to beat, outclass. Internet, broadly, stative, transitive

    "You live on an alternate world I take it? Joker mogs any MCU film. Batman will too."

  5. 5
    To cause to move; to drive. UK, US, dialectal, rare, transitive

    "'Tell John to mog the cows i' in the mornin'—it's time as they wenten i' the Cote Leasnow.'"

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  1. 6
    In the game of costly colours: to exchange (a card) with the dealer. intransitive, transitive

    "Mogging or Changing. The cards being dealt, the first player asks the dealer if he will mog, i. e. exchange a card with him. Should he refuse, the challenger scores 1. […] If the opposite partners do not mog, the dealer has the privilege of mogging with the 'deck,' which he does by taking the card next under the trump and substituting in its place one out of his own hand."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Derived from AMOG (“alpha male of group”). The word first appeared on fitness forums and imageboards around 2016 and was popularized around 2021.

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

Clipping of moggie or moggy.

Etymology 4

From MoG (“Machinery of Government”).

Etymology 5

(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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