mau-mau

[mou-mou]

mau-mau

[mou-mou]
verb (used with object) Slang.
to terrorize, intimidate, or threaten.

Origin:
1970; coined by Tom Wolfe in Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers; see Mau Mau
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Mau-mau is always a great word to know.
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excessive absorption in self-analysis or focus on a single issue
a person or thing that closely resembles another
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