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muggins

muggins

1 9.9
A person who is easily tricked and used by others
  • noun
  • /ˈmʌɡɪnz/
  • Offensive
translation icon : pardillo (informal, despectivo)
  • She knew he was acting like a muggins when he believed the scammer's promises.

Examples

  • Hey, Muggins.

  • Mr Muggins.

  • So Muggins here has to drop everything in his life and drive 220 miles on the fly, because this little cum sock can't answer a fucking telephone!

  • Everyone thought he was such a nice guy, but I soon realized he was just a muggins who always fell for the same tricks.

  • Don't be a muggins; think carefully before you lend your money to strangers.

Synonyms

fool
vsmuggins
  • Offensive
1.4

A person who makes poor decisions and is easily tricked

highlights being easily deceived or taken advantage of specifically
sap
vsmuggins
  • Offensive
48 9.1

A person who is easily fooled or has poor judgment

emphasizes foolishness and lack of good judgment rather than simplicity
mug
vsmuggins
  • Offensive
24 8.2

A person who is easily tricked or cheated

focuses more on poor judgment as the reason for being fooled
schnook
vsmuggins
  • Offensive
6 9.9

A person who is easily tricked and pitied by others

expresses the same gullibility but without a pitying tone
gudge
vsmuggins
  • Offensive
1 9.9

An old word for a person who is easily tricked

is the plain modern description of being easily deceived
tomfool
vsmuggins
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who acts silly and does not think carefully

refers more to being easily deceived than merely acting silly
saphead
vsmuggins
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who acts like a fool and makes poor decisions

focuses more on being easily deceived rather than general foolishness

Antonyms

66 4.2

A man respected for good judgment who gives advice to others

How Foolish

idiot
  • Offensive
1.2
fool
  • Offensive
1.4
muggins
  • Offensive
1 9.9
dupe
  • Offensive
14 7.0

Surface Forms

muggins singular
mugginses plural

Morphology

muggins = mug (semi-transparent) = mug + gins

The sense is clearly based on 'mug' meaning 'a dupe', but the diminutive/pejorative suffix '-gins' is dialectal and not a productive, fully transparent English suffix.

Etymology

The word muggins comes from the simple word mug, which can mean 'a fool' or someone who is easily tricked. A friendly, joking ending turned it into muggins, so it now means the person who is made to look silly or who ends up doing all the work.