"(The) hate stare"

[Grant Barrett]

On Jul 26, 2008, at 16:54, Wilson Gray wrote:

> "She ... glared at me with such loathing [that] I knew [that] I was
> receiving what the Negroes call _"the hate stare."_

Wilson, do you know the expressions "mean-mugging" or "mad-mugging"?
They are the same, I believe, and most likely to be used by young
black men, from what I've seen. I've got a bit of information:

Mean-mugging:

http://dtww.org/index.php/dictionary/mean_mugging/

Mad-mugging:

http://dtww.org/index.php/citations/mad_mugging_1/

Just plain mugging:

http://dtww.org/index.php/citations/mugging_1/

Also are apparently from the same place as the mugging=making faces
for an audience, which is mug=face.

Grant Barrett
Double-Tongued Dictionary
http://www.doubletongued.org/
editor at doubletongued.org

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