Being mugged off

jings

The behaviour being described by obieone, in my book is manipulative behaviour and a lot of people engage in it and a lot of people fall for it.

It is not pleasant and one always hopes the manipulative one will be seen through. If the person being manipulated is vulnerable then anyone concerened about their welfare should draw it to the attention of an appropriate person. Otherwise if the person concerned is capable of managing their own life and choose to be blind to it there is nothing yopu can do.

Oh girls, came to this thread a couple of days late after a beastly week and it has made me laugh; I think it's that clunky phrase 'mugged off' which sounds slightly rude. Thanks, all, I no longer feel quite so mugged off.......but, a passing thought, isn't it interesting that the family/friends who complain you (ie me) are ' over sensitive' never say . 'but stop being so over sensitive to my needs'. Now to reactivate my sense of humour properly.

Mugged off? ??what do mean by mugged off

Ah! Being fobbed off! I've never heard of mugged off before but the reference to the Urban Dictionary quoted by some other member here helped me know what it means.

It's down to the individual, isn't it? Some people are kind, approachable and helpful. Others like to take and not give, so fobbing you off may be a way of getting out of having to put some effort into it, when you're so used to taking.

I really cant see the point in being difficult or stand-offish but, unfortunately, some people can.

I don't chuckle often but that post from jing made me. It was so ???

I did go in a chat room once but nobody said much.

Where are these other forums people go on? GN is the only one in my life. Thank the Lord.

From the urban slang link it seems to me like being "palmed off" with lies and excuses. Which is what politicians do (among others.)

I feel I've been mugged off on this thread

Obieone I understood what you mean. I, like you, don't understand them either.

Ok, I give up on this thread.
I was really talking in general.

Why are you mentioning it on here then if it isn't relevant to this forum ? If you want advice it is hard to see what people here can say when they are not in possession of the facts

It is nothing to do with a forum, but to do with a voluntary group where someone is not reporting or misreporting things to Head Office.
I have noticed it going on for a while and told the others. They have been somewhat buring their heads in the sand, but are now becoming slowly more vocal.

I understand the definition, what I can't understand is how it can work on a forum or group if as you say they are aware of it.
We would need the whole story to understand and obviously you are not going to give us that. Neither would we expect you too.

Definition, copied and pasted
To be mugged off means that you are being made a fool of by someone taking advantage of you. There are two different meaning to the word mug that comes into context with you use this phrase. to mug someone, is take something from someone by use of force. So in this context taking someone of their respect/street cred.

There is a link above and the op has stated in the last post that it means 'being taken advantage of" mumof
Not an expression I was familiar with either, but I worked it out.

Just tell us what it means please rather than us all having to Google it!

They are being taken advantage of[not in a monetary way, and they are not particularly elderly] by others in the group. By someone who is acting on their behalf.
He is not doing it for money, he is doing it for control. Amd maybe power.

If you google the expression mugged off, it comes up precisely what I mean.

I understood you obieone. Who are these people being taken advantage by?

New one to me.

On another website it said this means 'being taken advantage of'. Could be quite worrying on a forum I suppose.

Well you live and learn, I had never encountered the expression.

Gransnet can get quite perplexing. Shrug!

I only looked at this thread because I wondered what it meant to be mugged off.
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mugging+off
To answer your question OP I have never experienced being mugged off myself, nor noticed it happening to anyone else, so I don't know and don't care.