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Liverpool, have you ever been mogged? Collins names its 2026 Word of the Year
It's the slang word taking the internet by storm, but what do people in Liverpool make of it? Is it harmless banter or does it say something about how we judge ourselves against others? Hear the views and have your say.
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00:00Yeah, yeah. It's a bit...
00:02It's not a word of year. Not in my books.
00:04No, it's not a word of year at all, no.
00:07It's a bit of a social media thing.
00:09I've never heard that word of mugging. Never heard it.
00:11I don't think anyone in these cities heard that word of mugging.
00:14I don't know what it means, is the honest answer.
00:16The Scousers have loads of terms.
00:19Have you ever felt that you've been mugged, or have you mugged anyone else?
00:22No. I'm a nice person.
00:25How can you do, mate? No, I've felt it some boy.
00:29I've felt I've been definitely...
00:31I've been mugged before, that's 100%.
00:33Yeah, you shouldn't compare yourself to others.
00:36Do you think it's harmless fun,
00:38or do you think it encourages people to compare themselves with others?
00:44Well, I suppose we all do compare ourselves with others at times.
00:49I think it does on social media, actually.
00:51Some people take it a bit far.
00:53It depends how seriously you take it, though.
00:54They do.
00:55I think it's all a bit of a laugh and a joke, but some people do try and mug people.
01:01Anything people will compare themselves to others, no matter what the title is or whatever it isn't.
01:08And I think some of these names that are coming up are just hilarious.
01:12They just make me laugh, to be honest.
01:13What word or phrase would you nominate as the word of the year?
01:17Differential.
01:19Tell me one.
01:20Everything's different.
01:22Imbecile.
01:23Imbecile.
01:24Yeah.
01:24Good word, yeah.
01:26Imbecile.
01:26Some word that.
01:28Oxymour.
01:29on.

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