• exasperation@lemm.ee
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    7 hours ago

    “Mogging” as a term originated in the early 2000’s and went mainstream-ish in the late 2000’s when the “pickup artist” community started getting attention in places like the New York Times. The people who originated it are probably like 45-50 years old now.

    Quick etymology: comes from these pseudoscientific douchebags trying to name the phenomenon where a man tries to subtly belittle another man in front of women, establishing that he’s the AMOG (alpha male of group), eventually became a verb amogging or mogging, and then various specific types of this behavior earned prefixes: heightmogging, etc.

    The fact that it has this kind of staying power, 20 years later, is the surprising part.

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      5 hours ago

      I’ve heard of nigging but I’ve never heard of this.

      That said when these idiots typically start hanging around a bar you know that it’s a good indication that you need to to go to a better bar.

      Of course it’s always a good idea to hang around for a little bit to see how long it is until one of them gets a drink thrown in their face. Always entertaining