ENTRY NO. 0238 EXAMINED 2026-09-10 3 CONFIGURATIONS ON FILE

MOG

01 TO SURPASS OR OUTDO SOMEONE 02 CAT OR FELINE CREATURE 03 TO LEAVE HASTILY
SENSE 01 verb PREVALENCE 54%

to surpass or outdo someone

Beat someone decisively in competition or comparison.
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Variations

  • mogged
  • mogging
  • out-mog
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Origin

Clipped from 'AMOG' (Alpha Male Of Group), a pickup-artist term for the guy who steals social dominance in a room. Looksmaxxing forums narrowed it to physical comparison before general internet slang broadened it back out to cover basically any contest — looks, height, resumes, video games.

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Examples

"My little brother hit a growth spurt and now he mogs me by four inches."
"She mogged the entire interview panel with that resume."
"Bro got mogged by his own dog in that photo and hasn't recovered."
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Cultural context

Started in looksmaxxing and incel-adjacent spaces to describe getting visually outclassed, then leaked into mainstream meme usage for any lopsided comparison. Safe to deploy ironically about petty stakes (fantasy football, sneaker fits); using it earnestly about someone's face will out you as extremely online.

SENSE 02 noun PREVALENCE 38%

cat or feline creature

British and Australian slang for a cat, ideally one with visible opinions and no pedigree paperwork.
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Variations

  • moggy
  • moggie
  • mog cat
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Origin

Likely a shortening or alteration of 'moggy,' itself murky — theories point to old dialectal names once used for cows or servants (a 'Mog' or 'Maggie') that later drifted onto cats, but nobody's etymology dictionary is willing to bet the farm on it.

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Examples

"There's a mog sitting on the wheelie bin again, staring at me like I owe it money."
"We adopted a scruffy little mog from the shelter instead of the fancy purebred kitten."
"Half the estate's mogs turn up on her doorstep the second she opens a tin of tuna."
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Cultural context

Common and unremarkable in British and Australian English, especially for a scrappy, non-pedigree, or street-hardened cat; say it in the US and you'll mostly get a confused look, since Americans who've encountered 'mog' online usually mean the looksmaxxing/dominance slang instead.

SENSE 03 verb PREVALENCE 8%

to leave hastily

To mog is to vanish before anyone can ask you to stay.
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Variations

  • mog off
  • mog on
  • mogging it
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Origin

Older British and especially London working-class slang for leaving abruptly, sometimes rendered as 'mog on' or 'mog off'; etymology is genuinely murky, with theories ranging from a dialectal shortening of 'move along' to a nod at cats ('moggies') slinking away unnoticed, though nobody has receipts for either.

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Examples

"The pub was closing and Dave just mogged off without saying bye."
"She mogged the second the bill arrived."
"Mog on before your mum sees the state of this kitchen."
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Cultural context

This is a regional, somewhat dated bit of British slang almost entirely eclipsed by the modern internet sense of 'mogging' (outclassing someone's looks), so deploying it outside an older UK crowd will likely just confuse people who think you're bragging about your jawline.

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