mean-mugging
n.— «Chino plays the part of the chump with “a complex” getting played because he thinks he’s the man. How many videos have that plot? In the other scenes, it’s dark and Chino is just flippin’ his hands and mean mugging while flowing.» —“Re: Chino” by Loklass (loklass@aol.com) Usenet: alt.rap Apr. 29, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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