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MUG
I'm an american reading one of your threads. Many of you seem to consider yourselves MUGs . I don't know what the heck a mug is or what it stands for.? Please help this simple american.
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Face? (As in "Ugly Mug" or "mug shot")
Also an item which can be used to keep (usually hot) drinkable liquids in a handy and geometric shape
Muppet
You've all been very helpful. I'm going to try a few of these new words out on my poker and riding buddies.
Someone who falls for something is a 'mug'.
If someone is trying to fool you they are 'mugging you off'.
Chump!
A mug: a wally, someone taken for a ride, an idiot, a berk, a knob, a twat, a wanker.