To mog someone means to outshine them with your looks: to look so much better that the person next to you fades into the background. People say he mogged everyone in the photo, and complain about themselves: I got mogged. It's internet slang about appearance, but as a joke people say it about things too: the new camera mogs my old phone. The tone is competitive and mocking.
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mog + person (he mogs everyone); get mogged (by + person); mogged, mogging
- Did you see Liam at the wedding? He mogged every guest in that suit.
- I stood next to my model cousin in the photo and got completely mogged.
- honestly, the new camera mogs my old phone in every way
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First versionMy brother moged everyone at the graduation party in his new suit.
RevisionMy brother mogged everyone at the graduation party in his new suit.
In a short word where a single vowel comes before the final consonant, that consonant doubles in the past tense: stop — stopped, plan — planned, mog — mogged. With one g, the word looks like a typo.
Mog is always a comparison: someone looks better than someone else. A glow-up is a change in the person themselves, with no rivals: She had a real glow-up after school, meaning she became much more attractive. Telling someone they got mogged can hurt, so the word is for joking among friends. In IELTS Speaking and in an essay, say outshine instead: She outshone everyone at the party.
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At the party Jake wore a perfect suit, and next to him I looked like I'd just woken up. I totally got ___.
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mogged — Jake looked perfect and you looked half-asleep next to him: his looks outshone yours, so you got mogged. Ghosted means someone disappeared and stopped replying, but here everyone is standing together at the same party.
Tell a friend about someone who recently outshone everyone with their looks. Use mog and say where it was and what made them stand out.
My sister mogged everyone at the office party with her red dress and new haircut.
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