Mope
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊp
Origin
Compare Danish måbe, German muffen.
Full definition of mope
Verb
- (intransitive) To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout
- (transitive) To make spiritless and stupid.
Noun
mope
(plural mopes)- A dull, spiritless person.
- (pornography industry) A bottom feeder who "mopes" around a pornography studio hoping for his big break and often does bit parts in exchange for room and board and meager pay.
- 2011: LA Weekly, documenting uses dating to the 1990sThe porn industry is many things. Subtle is not one of them. So when Porn Inc. went searching for a job title for people like Stephen Hill, the choice was "mope." It's based on the off-camera life of these fringe actors, hangers-on who mope around the studios hoping for a bit role, which if they're lucky might bring them $50 plus food — and the chance to have sex with a real, live woman.http://www.laweekly.com/2011-02-24/news/porn-machete-murder/