How Did Manosphere Slang Become Collins' 2026 Word Of The Year?

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Recently, Dictionary.com shared that its word of 2026 was “maxxxing” – a suffix that “refers to the practice of pursuing an activity to the fullest or optimising a certain aspect of your life”. It seems Collins’ pick is similarly Online. They went for “mogging”, a slang word more commonly used among Gen Z and Gen Alpha . So what does it mean, and why was it picked? What does ‘mogging’ mean? The dictionary’s definition describes mogging as “the act of outshining or outperforming someone or something” – you can “heightmog” someone, for example, or simply “mog” in a photograph. TikTok creator…
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How Did Manosphere Slang Become Collins' 2026 Word Of The Year?
Recently, Dictionary.com shared that its word of 2026 was “maxxxing” – a suffix that “refers to the practice of pursuing an activity to the fullest or optimising a certain aspect of your life”. It seems Collins’ pick is similarly Online. They went for “mogging”, a slang word...
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