Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Mixture; association.
- n. A mixture of grain; a mixture of barley ground up with husks for feeding swine; a mash of bran and malt. Also mang.
- To trade; traffic.
- To trade in; traffic in; deal in.
- An abbreviated form of among: usually written 'mong.
Wiktionary
- n. offensive, pejorative, UK, slang Shortened version of mongoloid, a person with Down's syndrome
- prep. obsolete a variant spelling of ’mong
Etymologies
- Contraction of mongrel. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Gervais,50, has been bandying about the term "mong," which has been used in the past as a derogatory term for people with Down's syndrome.”
“It got angry with Ricky Gervais for using the word "mong"; it shouted at Jeremy Clarkson for saying that strikers should be shot; it had Andy Gray and Richard Keys sacked from Sky for being sexist about female match officials; it forced Ofcom to censure Frankie Boyle for his jokes about Jordan's disabled son.”
“Last year, he became embroiled in a Twitter storm when one of his tweets included the word "mong".”
“One of many hiLAAARious messages this week from Ricky Gervais involving the word "mong", which he contends no longer refers to Down's syndrome and is no longer offensive.”
The Guardian: Lucy Mangan's pick of the week: The story, the stat, the quote, the tweet
“The word 'mong' means Down's syndrome as much as the word 'gay' means happy.”
The Guardian: If you really want to hurt someone, call them a Gervais | Catherine Bennett
“However, there are signs that he is taking baby steps along Cleese Cul de Sac from the Twitter bushfire he sparked by using the word "mong" and posting snaps of himself pulling expressions of exaggerated mental retardation.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“Comedians can say 'mong' on TV, rules Ofcom Media regulator Ofcom has rejected three complaints about comedian Ricky Gervais's use of the word "mong" during his Channel 4 show Science.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“He was examining the changes in their associations over time, with a focus on his assertion that the word "mong" had lost its derogatory association with Down's Syndrome.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“The comic has refused to apologise after he repeatedly used the word "mong" in jokes and online messages to fans on the social networking site Twitter.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“After the row erupted last week, Gervais said he had never used the word "mong" to mock those with disabilities.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mong’.
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Twitter faves
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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niglets, aw, flakey, shiznit, thatch, sexy, bummers, hotty, eargasms, ratchetry, weird, fab and 457 more... -
Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
thunderfuck, incredible, merp, sara, flopparoo, smother, fugly, buer, plum, canny, nefelibata, cuntbucket and 1972 more... -
M'ogle
As to feature the creature "mog".
cosmogony, transmogrify, glom, golem, mog, mogul, moggy, smog, demogenic, cormogeny, seismograph, primogenitor and 359 more...
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Spod's Words
corpulent, squidge, squiffy, sinuosity, ebullient, finger, penetrate, stimulate, recalcitrant, recidivist, dunnock, rococo and 152 more...
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Gossiphoning
Psst!--Didja know?
nosy, snoopy, scuttlebutt, talebearing, echo chamber, tabloid, bruit, quidnunc, disinformation, rumor, interloper, meddler and 67 more...
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Awaydays (2009)
Words from a 2009 'Awaydays' film.
catch up, beaut, swill, ponce, buck, bevvy, la, divvy, baddie, noose, deffo, mooch around and 36 more...
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Distinctly British
Mostly but not limited to slang and some cockney guffy wibble
haberdashery, coventry, knackered, cack-handed, bate, bimble, blag, boffin, bonce, brolly, busk, cack and 71 more...
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slang
Tweets
Looking for tweets for mong.
bilby I too heart yarb. Jun 26, 2008
asativum Hey, I think that's heroic verse, that is, yarb. Jun 26, 2008
yarb I were terrible, bilby. Bloody awful I were. Jun 26, 2008
bilby You were a bad lad, yarb. Jun 26, 2008
yarb When I was a lad, this was slang for "beg or borrow (an object), with the implicit intent not to repay". E.g. "hey Des. OK if I mong a cig off you?"
Must have come from the sense quoted by mollusque; god knows how. Jun 26, 2008
mollusque Of the verb OED2 says: "To barter, trade in, exchange; (now chiefly) to spread or trade (gossip, rumours, etc.)." May 17, 2008
pterodactyl Oh dear. What horrid definitions this word has. They make my Stuffie list a good deal less funny.
I vote that we jettison these definitions entirely, and instead use this word as a silly synonym for purvey.
Thanks for the heads-up, whichbe! May 17, 2008
whichbe Noun. Imbecile, idiot. Offensive expression alluding to someone with Down Syndrome, being Mongoloid.
Verb. To reach a drugged state where physical activity is minimal and mental faculties are incapacitated. Used frequently within the 'ecstasy' fuelled 'house' scene. Obvious relationship to the derogatory version of the noun 'mong'.
("A Dictionary of Slang") May 17, 2008