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Dictionary definition of “mean-mugging”

mean-mugging

n. staring in an aggressive or threatening manner. Subjects: , , ,
Etymological Note: From mug ‘to pout, grow sullen, mope; to make a face.’
Citations: 1991 [dit@frenzy.sybase.com] Usenet: rec.music.funky (Dec. 29) “Interview with Del, the funkee homo sapien”: Why would you want to mean-mug niggas from your car like you want to get out and beat them down? 1994 Lewis W. Diuguid Kansas City Star (C2) (July 13) “Our $6 million bodies are losing value on deadly streets”: One of the three persons charged in the homicide said he gunned down McKay because “he was mean-mugging me.” 1996 [Loklass (loklass@aol.com)] Usenet: alt.rap (Apr. 29) “Re: Chino”: Chino plays the part of the chump with “a complex” getting played because he thinks he’s the man. How many videos have that plot? In the other scenes, it’s dark and Chino is just flippin’ his hands and mean mugging while flowing. 2004 John Fall San Francisco Chronicle (Aug. 15) “Decaying park reflects Oakland problems”: Oakland is a town where “mean mugging,” the slang expression for looking at someone the wrong way, results in lethal exchanges of gunfire.

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