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

“It’s a great example of how Gen Z and Gen Alpha have adopted a word and turned it into humorous slang.”

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,........

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