muggable en · ADJ
Etymology
From mug + -able.
Meanings
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Likely to be mugged; easy to attack.
How come I'm so muggable? It sounds like the beginning of a corny love lyric, but maybe if I could figure out the answer it would teach other women how not to be.
1980, Mary Glatzle, Evelyn L. Fiore, Muggable Mary, page 15:As a decoy cop in the Street Crime Unit, Salpeter made himself as muggable as possible by dressing up as, among other things, Hasidic Jews and drunken businessmen.
2007, Michael Benson, Robert Mladinich, Lethal Embrace:They asked the muggers which of the 60 people in the films they considered easy mark or most muggable and which ones they would stay away from.
2012, Jerome H. Blass, The Family Counselor, page 150:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most muggable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more muggable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |