mook
noun/mʊk/
Etymology Blend of magazine + book, nowadays a reborrowing from Japanese ムック (mukku).
1
A book published in the form factor of a magazine.
- Related terms
- mook jong
mook
noun/muːk/
Etymology From the 1930s, origin unknown. Suggestions include a variant of British slang moke (“donkey”); a variant of US slang mooch (“a sponger, beggar, idler”); Irish muc (“pig”); Dutch mok, German Mocke, Mucke (both dialectal for “sow” and hence “slovenly or bothersome woman/person”); a corruption of Italian mammalucco (“fool”, literally “mamluk”).
1
Northern US, US, Slang A disagreeable or incompetent person.
2
Games, Gaming Colloquial An anonymous foe that appears in large numbers and is readily dispatched by the hero.
- Derived terms
- mookish