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the only weapon that holds your morning hostage and your hands warm
means A mug is a sturdy cylindrical cup with a handle, used for hot drinks; the word also means a person's face, a gullible victim, or to attack and rob someone.
from The drinking-vessel sense is old and murky, possibly Scandinavian — compare Norwegian and Swedish 'mugg' for a jug or pitcher. The leap to meaning 'face' likely came in the 18th century from drinking mugs molded as grotesque human faces (the so-called Toby jugs and similar), so a face became a 'mug.' From 'face' grew the slang 'mug' for a foolish or easily-deceived person, and the verb 'to mug someone' — originally to strike at the face — which by the 19th century meant to rob with violence. 'Mug shot' and 'mugging' for the camera both trace back to the same facial sense.
- slang origin
- to mug meant making faces, hence facial portraits
- oldest cups
- pottery mugs date back over 7,000 years
- handle logic
- handles exist purely to dodge molten finger burns
- face theory
- early mugs were molded into grotesque human faces
- world record
- largest mug held over 5,000 liters of coffee
coffee mug — most common drinkware worldwide, over 2 billion sold annually
beer stein — traditional german ceramic mug with lid, used since 15th century bavaria
tiki mug — collectible ceramic vessel shaped like tikis, peak popularity 1950s-60s polynesian themed bars