by AirConDave January 29, 2026
Get the Mungering 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.
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Get the Tattie Mongerin Leprechaun mug.The act of sending your conservative parents to a retirement home in republican stronghold states to reduce the impact of their vote.
Person 1: I’m sending my racist mom to a retirement home in Alabama.
Person 2: Geriatric-mandering, huh?
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"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."
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