Sky's introduction of 'mob' into the lexicon - Page 3

Huqhox · November 29, 2021, 16:08

I noticed the gradual uptake of 'mob' for a singular inhabitant on the forum and then have adopted it myself. I find 'monster' a very negative word, after all not all the mobs in the game are monstrous by any means.

From a technical background it also fits pleasingly into terms such as blob or glob where the 'ob' is just short for 'object'. So it could refer to 'monster object' which is essentially how mobs are represented in the code

Bottom line, I like it

Pete Mack · November 29, 2021, 17:26

So... what is the term for an actual mob (plural)?

Julian · November 29, 2021, 18:30

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Originally Posted by Pete Mack

So... what is the term for an actual mob (plural)?

A monster of mobs, clearly

kineahora · November 30, 2021, 05:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete Mack

So... what is the term for an actual mob (plural)?

Choose another synonym that hasn't already been coopted for silly confusing jargon--like maybe "gang" or "bevy" :-)

wobbly · November 30, 2021, 06:49

Clearly the plural is a mob of mobs.

Hounded · November 30, 2021, 22:18

Might I propose "gaggle"?

Ingwe Ingweron · December 2, 2021, 18:09

When it's a "murder" of crows,
an "unkindness" of ravens,
a "boil" of hawks,
a "cast" of falcons,
a "colony" of vultures, and
a "convocation" of eagles.

"mob" just doesn't evoke much.

Pete Mack · December 2, 2021, 20:45

Ingwe--
I had assumed a mob was a group of unrelated monsters, say from out of a diagonal vault. I used "pack" for related ones, like wolves and hounds.

tangar · December 2, 2021, 20:47

In Russian slang language we use 'mob' word for past 20 years to call monsters in MMORPG games

Estie · December 3, 2021, 16:35

a "mob" of mobs ?

November 29, 2021, 16:08	#21
Huqhox Adept Join Date: Apr 2016 Age: 53 Posts: 145	I noticed the gradual uptake of 'mob' for a singular inhabitant on the forum and then have adopted it myself. I find 'monster' a very negative word, after all not all the mobs in the game are monstrous by any means. From a technical background it also fits pleasingly into terms such as blob or glob where the 'ob' is just short for 'object'. So it could refer to 'monster object' which is essentially how mobs are represented in the code Bottom line, I like it __________________ "This has not been a recording"

November 30, 2021, 22:18	#26
Hounded Adept Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Alberta Posts: 126	Might I propose "gaggle"? __________________ It Breathes. You die.

December 2, 2021, 18:09	#27
Ingwe Ingweron Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Manhattan Beach, CA Posts: 2,127	When it's a "murder" of crows, an "unkindness" of ravens, a "boil" of hawks, a "cast" of falcons, a "colony" of vultures, and a "convocation" of eagles. "mob" just doesn't evoke much. __________________ “We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see.” ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

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November 29, 2021, 17:26	#22
Pete Mack Prophet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,769 Donated: $40	So... what is the term for an actual mob (plural)?

November 30, 2021, 06:49	#25
wobbly Prophet Join Date: May 2012 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 2,614	Clearly the plural is a mob of mobs.

December 2, 2021, 20:45	#28
Pete Mack Prophet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,769 Donated: $40	Ingwe-- I had assumed a mob was a group of unrelated monsters, say from out of a diagonal vault. I used "pack" for related ones, like wolves and hounds.

December 3, 2021, 16:35	#30
Estie Veteran Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 2,229	a "mob" of mobs ?

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