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bbeeton
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mock

Postby bbeeton » Sun Jun 11, 2023 10:00 am

As a verb, it can mean imitate or ridicule. As an adjective, it's an imitation, as in mock orange or mock turtle soup. And then there's the mockingbird.
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Re: mock

Postby Slava » Wed Jul 19, 2023 8:51 am

Seems we don't really know much about where this one's from. It may, however, come from the ridiculing notion of blowing one's nose at something.
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