Scrolling In The Deep: Is someone ‘mogging’ you?

The term “mogging” has been making the rounds on TikTok for the past year, with videos sporting the hashtag, or iterations of it, earning billions of views. It has since earned various explainers online, cementing its existence in Gen Alpha’s internet.

But what exactly does “mogged” mean? According to internet historians, AKA  the folks over at Know Your Meme, the term was first documented in 2016, but now TikTokers are slapping the slang onto group photos of celebrities or to compare two persons’ attractiveness.