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mog¹

  • /mɒɡ/ UK
  • /mɔɡ/ US
  • /mɑɡ/ cot caught merger

Rhymes with -ɒɡ, -ɔːɡ

Where it comes from

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 mogs · mogging · mogged

  1. Internet, intransitive, stative, transitive To manifest effortless dominance through self-evident superior handsomeness, especially with composure and by quiet comparison. He mogged him just by standing next to him.
  2. Internet, broadly, stative, transitive 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.

mog²

  • /mɒɡ/ UK
  • /mɔɡ/ US
  • /mɑɡ/ cot caught merger

Rhymes with -ɒɡ, -ɔːɡ

Where it comes from

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

verb mogs · mogging · mogged

  1. UK, US, dialectal, intransitive To move or walk slowly; to trudge, amble; (more broadly) to go. to mog about
  2. UK, US, dialectal, rare, transitive 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.'
  3. intransitive, transitive In the game of costly colours: to exchange (a card) with the dealer. 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 n

mog³

  • /mɒɡ/ UK
  • /mɔɡ/ US
  • /mɑɡ/ cot caught merger

Rhymes with -ɒɡ, -ɔːɡ

Where it comes from

Clipping of moggie or moggy.

noun mogs

  1. UK, colloquial A cat. Get that mog out of here!

mog⁴

  • /mɒɡ/ UK
  • /mɔɡ/ US
  • /mɑɡ/ cot caught merger

Rhymes with -ɒɡ, -ɔːɡ

Where it comes from

From MoG (“Machinery of Government”).

verb mogs · mogging · mogged

  1. Australia, informal, transitive 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. 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 present

mog⁵

  • /mɒɡ/ UK
  • /mɔɡ/ US
  • /mɑɡ/ cot caught merger

Rhymes with -ɒɡ, -ɔːɡ

Where it comes from

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

noun mogs

  1. Canada, Newfoundland 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.

MoG⁶

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Machinery of Government

Mog⁷

noun Mogs

  1. alternative Alternative form of Magh

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@misc{mog_2026,
  title = {mog},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mog},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}