Just WTH is 'mugging'?
In the American Heritage Dictionary, 'mug' is defined as:
n.
Informal
The human face.
The area of the human mouth, chin, and jaw.
A grimace.
A mug shot.
A thug; a hoodlum.
Chiefly British Slang A victim or dupe. v. mugged, mug·ging, mugs v. tr.
Informal To photograph (a person's face) for police files.
To threaten or assault (a person) with the intent to rob: arrested the thief who mugged the tourists. v. intr. To make exaggerated facial expressions, especially for humorous effect: The partygoers mugged for the camera. [Probably from mug1 (possibly in allusion to mugs decorated with grotesque faces).]
So when you 'mug' at the library, that means:
1) You like to make exaggerated faces
2) You're a thug, like the greasers in
The Outsiders3) You're a criminal, so they capture mug shots of you so as to decorate the police files
4) You want to assault people with the intent to rob.
5) You're Mr/Miss wonder cup. Amazing, you have the traits of a human. Can I drop you from the 11th story of the HDB block to see whether you break (Test for strength of material)? Or pour hot Blue Mountain coffee in you?
It all boils down to one perturbed person who can't make up his or her mind.
Anyway, I just asked someone what she meant by 'I like to mug (!!)', and apparently it's a slang for 'study'.
Is that in American or British english?
Lovely pseudonym, I know.
