{"id":2234258,"date":"2026-11-03T01:52:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T22:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2234258"},"modified":"2026-11-03T01:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T22:52:28","slug":"mogging-is-collins-word-of-the-year-but-do-you-know-what-it-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2234258","title":{"rendered":"‘Mogging’ is Collins’ word of the year… but do you know what it means?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mogging is about playfully upstaging someone or something<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“Mogging”, a word used playfully to mean outshining, outperforming or upstaging someone or something, has been named as word of the year by the Collins English Dictionary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A fast-growing slang word among members of Generations Z and Alpha – both online and in everyday conversation – mogging went mainstream in 2026 with a 210% increase in its usage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Collins’ managing director Alex Beecroft said its lexicographers look at “how often words are used” and also “analyse patterns of usage” that reveal the latest linguistic trends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The selection of mogging as word of the year, he said, “shows how each generation leaves its mark on language”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mogging the Mona Lisa, whatever next?<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He added: “It’s a great example of how Gen Z and Gen Alpha have adopted a word and turned it into humorous slang, making the language their own and ‘mogging’ the rest of us!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mogging – not to be confused with mugging or mugging someone off – refers to outshining or dominating someone, most often in looks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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You may even have mogged someone or been mogged yourself over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The word is often traced back to the acronym AMOG, standing for Alpha Male of the Group, and has been variously associated with bodybuilding forums in the mid-2010s as well as the manosphere and incels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But it now has a much more mainstream usage, as a playful put-down or a compliment, depending on the context.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It can be seen and heard in looksmaxxing communities -online groups where people swap advice on how to maximise their physical attractiveness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Collins – one of the UK’s major dictionary publishers – draws from a range of sources, including social media, to reflect how the English language is evolving in the UK each year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Its word of the year for 2025 was “vibe coding” – the art of making an app or website by describing it to artificial intelligence (AI) rather than by writing programming code manually.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Other definitions that made the dictionary’s 10-strong shortlist included ghost job,<\/b> something frustrated jobseekers will be familiar with – when an employer posts a position with no intention of appointing someone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hydration break<\/b> was of course made famous by this year’s World Cup. while p(doom) <\/b>is the estimation of probability of an AI-aided collapse of civilisation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Manchesterism<\/b>, a term associated with Prime Minister Andy Burnham, is about the devolution of power to the regions, combining economic growth withh social progress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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