Get the Muggering mug.Also called scare tactic. This is a strategy that various governments and news media uses in order to scare you into agreeing with their policies or points of view that usually involves some kind of protection or banning something which thus enacts more and more useless laws. This also helps keep the population under control as a scared population is easier to control and is more trusting of the government.
They usually fear monger by exaggerating the story or accounting of the events by using massive hyperboles, speak of the object from a negative standpoint and never from a neutral standpoint, use certain rhetorical words such as "dangerous", "lethal", "contagious", or "aggressive" and use only partial truth or no truth at all (aka lies). Usually true journalism and research is completely non-existent when using fear mongering techniques. When the story or segments airs on TV, they also use menacing or disturbing music to further bring out a fearful mood out of the viewers.
They usually fear monger by exaggerating the story or accounting of the events by using massive hyperboles, speak of the object from a negative standpoint and never from a neutral standpoint, use certain rhetorical words such as "dangerous", "lethal", "contagious", or "aggressive" and use only partial truth or no truth at all (aka lies). Usually true journalism and research is completely non-existent when using fear mongering techniques. When the story or segments airs on TV, they also use menacing or disturbing music to further bring out a fearful mood out of the viewers.
The government and media were using fear mongering when they talk about any sort of bacteria or virus.
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A person who is actively researching and on the prowl for sexual intercourse with a professional or otherwise. This mostly happens away from home in a foreign Country or City, but can happen right in your own town.
After dinner in Shanghai, we went online to do a little mongering before we found a place for a full service massage.
by Prodem February 21, 2011
Get the Mongering mug.The piece of paper that comes in tubs of chocolates (mainly Roses and Quality Street) which identifies each individual chocolate.
"Would you like a chocolate?"
"Sure, could I see the muggeridge though? I can never remember what the green one is."
"Sure, could I see the muggeridge though? I can never remember what the green one is."
by Phixon May 11, 2015
Get the Muggeridge mug.The use of social media to spread largely baseless and misleading stories designed to scare the reader. Predominantly created by the tin foil hat brigade.
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Get the murdering piece of shit mug.this phrase can be used as a boast or a warning. it refers to the act of using the restroom, leaving both a large amount of excriment and a terrible smell behind.
bro 1:hey bro, where's your bathroom?
bro 2: no bro, dont go in there. i just finished murdering the head.
bro 2: no bro, dont go in there. i just finished murdering the head.
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