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Sat Jul 4 14:57:42 UTC 2026

Some early uses of amogging and mogging from Reddit.

This is the earliest use of "amogging" that I have found. It's also replete with other pick-up artist (PUA) slang.

TrollyMcTrollFag. Reddit.com/r/seduction, 26 September 2010. [ https://www.reddit.com/r/seduction/comments/dja5h/blew_an_fclose_because_i_negged_the_obstacle_too/  ]( https://www.reddit.com/r/seduction/comments/dja5h/blew_an_fclose_because_i_negged_the_obstacle_too/  )

"After I roll back on, target asks me to buy her a drink, and I pull the "you buy, I buy" line. She goes for it. Goes to the bar to buy a drink. Some skeezy 40y/o dude tries to move in on her, she starts talking to him, and I just leave the two of them at the bar. Target then goes to check on her friend, and skeezy 40y/o follows. Obstacle is still pretty down at this point (I feel fucking awful about doing that to her), skeez picks up on it, and locks onto her. I think skeez had some basic PU knowledge, because I overheard him talking shit about me and my game. He even tried amogging me to my target, but I think I'd built up so much social proof by that point, he just ended up looking like a jealous asshole or something. Target was still into me."

And this one is the earliest use of the variant, and now more common, "mogging" (also includes an early use of "maxxing"):

TotesTax. “You Think This Place Is Toxic?” Reddit.com/r/GGFreeForAll, 2 September 2016. [ https://www.reddit.com/r/GGFreeForAll/comments/50wypw/you_think_this_place_is_toxic/ ]( https://www.reddit.com/r/GGFreeForAll/comments/50wypw/you_think_this_place_is_toxic/ )

"You think this place is toxic?

"Check out this place. [Link no longer active]

"I do have some of the lingo down if you have questions on like what mogging is (not 100% sure). Maxxing and cel are pretty explainable.

"They eat there own there. The drama is never ending."

"Fun stuff."

And the first response, from gent_the_2nd, to that post reads:

"can you explain cope, i sort of get it but not fully

"amogging comes from PUAs. it stands for Alpha Male Other Guy -ing. This is the practice of dominating the beta male friends of women you want to sleep with"

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