Timeline for What is the origin of the word 'mug up'?
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| Nov 20, 2017 at 1:31 | comment | added | user38936 | The word/slang "mug" is in current use in Singlish (Singapore English), however never with the preposition "up" after it. Presumably inherited from the Brits. | |
| Nov 8, 2015 at 13:46 | comment | added | Hot Licks | I would gather that the equivalent American English term is "cramming" (for a test, eg). "Mug up" is either raising your beer stein or making a Donald Trump face. | |
| Nov 8, 2015 at 11:14 | answer | added | J Robison | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 6, 2014 at 18:19 | answer | added | user78533 | timeline score: -2 | |
| Feb 18, 2014 at 11:40 | vote | accept | Hari Nandha | ||
| Feb 17, 2014 at 13:32 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @David: I know that now! At the time I only knew one meaning which I assumed was reasonably common. I now realise that particular meaning is primarily British, doesn't necessarily include up, and isn't that common anyway. Plus there are/have been several other meanings and regional variations - Canadians (still?) mug up a big meal, for instance, whereas Brits of my generation mugged up on Shakespeare to pass Eng Lit exams. | |
| Feb 17, 2014 at 13:18 | comment | added | David M | @FumbleFingers Not a common expression in American English. Hence I think Susan's question makes sense in context. | |
| Feb 17, 2014 at 12:29 | answer | added | Hugo | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 15, 2014 at 14:26 | history | edited | Kris | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 15, 2014 at 13:53 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Susan: How is it "too general"? Unless I'm much mistaken, to mug up only really has one meaning today, and as such it must have an etymology. Which I haven't yet looked into, so I've no idea how clear-cut the history might be, or what "original sense" it derives from. | |
| Feb 15, 2014 at 13:38 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/434683057535483904 | ||
| Feb 15, 2014 at 8:28 | answer | added | WS2 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 15, 2014 at 8:13 | comment | added | anongoodnurse | This is a bit too general. Can you provide the sentence (or more) where you saw or heard this? | |
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| Feb 15, 2014 at 7:27 | history | asked | Hari Nandha | CC BY-SA 3.0 |