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'Mogging' is Collins' word of the year... but do you know what it means?

"Mogging", a word used playfully to mean outshining, outperforming or upstaging someone or something, has been named as word of the year by the Collins English Dictionary.

BBC News2 sources1 min read8 hours agoFiled November 3, 2026

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