mob

mob
\ \ [17] Mob is famous as one of the then new ‘slang’ abbreviations against which Joseph Addison and Jonathan Swift inveighed at the beginning of the 18th century (others included pozz for positively and rep for reputation). Mob was short for mobile, which itself was a truncated form of mobile vulgus, a Latin phrase meaning ‘fickle crowd’. Latin mōbilismovable’, hence metaphorically ‘fickle’ (source of English mobile [15]), came from the base of the verb movēremove’ (source of English move).
\ \ Cf.MOBILE, MOVE

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  • MOB — may refer to:* An unruly crowd (of people) see: ** Mob rule (as in mobile vulgus, fickle crowd) ** Flash mob (social phenomenon) ** Smart mob (a temporary self structuring social organization, coordinated through telecommunication) * A collection …   Wikipedia

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  • Mob — Mob, n. [L. mobile vulgus, the movable common people. See {Mobile}, n.] 1. The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the lowest part of it. [1913 Webster] A cluster of mob were making themselves merry with their betters. Addison. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Mob — may refer to: A crowd (of people, from Latin mobile vulgus fickle commoners : An angry mob; see Ochlocracy A criminal gang In American English, organized crime; slang for Mafia or American Mafia Mobbing, human bullying behaviour Animal mobbing… …   Wikipedia

  • mob|oc|ra|cy — «mob OK ruh see», noun, plural cies. 1. political control by a mob; mob rule: »If Congress…refuses to appropriate money to maintain the judiciary and executive departments, the result is mobocracy (Baltimore Sun). 2. the mob as a ruling class …   Useful english dictionary

  • Mob — Mob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mobbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mobbing}.] To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or a person. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mob — Sm Pöbel (ursprünglich bezogen auf Londoner Verhältnisse) erw. stil. (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. mob. Dieses ist gekürzt aus ne. mobile beweglich , das seinerseits zitiert ist aus l. mōbile vulgus die aufgewiegelte Menge bei Claudian… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • mob — ► NOUN 1) a disorderly crowd of people. 2) Brit. informal a group of people. 3) (the Mob) N. Amer. the Mafia. 4) (the mob) informal, derogatory the ordinary people. 5) Austral./NZ a flock or herd of animals …   English terms dictionary

  • Mob — Mob, n. [See {Mobcap}.] A mobcap. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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