Claims extracted
15
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
1 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
5
Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
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"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.
A fast-growing slang word among members of Generations Z and Alpha - both online and in everyday conversation - mogging went mainstream in 2026 with a 210% increase in its usage.
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mogging → publish → usage
Collins' managing director Alex Beecroft said its lexicographers look at "how often words are used" and also "analyse patterns of usage" that reveal the latest linguistic trends.
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that → say → trends
The selection of mogging as word of the year, he said, "shows how each generation leaves its mark on language".
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generation → say → language
He added: "It's a great example of how Gen Z and Gen Alpha have adopted a word and turned it into humorous slang, making the language their own and 'mogging' the rest of us!"
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language → add → us
Mogging - not to be confused with mugging or mugging someone off - refers to outshining or dominating someone, most often in looks.
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Mogging → confuse → looks
You may even have mogged someone or been mogged yourself over the past 12 months.
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You → mogge → months
The word is often traced back to the acronym AMOG, standing for Alpha Male of the Group, and has been variously associated with bodybuilding forums in the mid-2010s as well as the manosphere and incels.
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word → trace → mid-2010s
But it now has a much more mainstream usage, as a playful put-down or a compliment, depending on the context.
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it → have → context
It can be seen and heard in looksmaxxing communities -online groups where people swap advice on how to maximise their physical attractiveness.
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people → see → attractiveness
Collins - one of the UK's major dictionary publishers - draws from a range of sources, including social media, to reflect how the English language is evolving in the UK each year.
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language → draw → UK
Its word of the year for 2025 was "vibe coding" - the art of making an app or website by describing it to artificial intelligence (AI) rather than by writing programming code manually.
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word → make → code
Other definitions that made the dictionary's 10-strong shortlist included ghost job, something frustrated jobseekers will be familiar with - when an employer posts a position with no intention of appointing someone.
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employer → make → someone
Hydration break was of course made famous by this year's World Cup.
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break → make → Cup
while p(doom) is the estimation of probability of an AI-aided collapse of civilisation.
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p(doom → aid → civilisation
Manchesterism, a term associated with Prime Minister Andy Burnham, is about the devolution of power to the regions, combining economic growth withh social progress.
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Manchesterism → associate → progress
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