India, Nov. 5 -- The comprehensive dictionary of the English language, Collins Dictionary, has named mogging - a slang term meaning to outshine someone or something - its Word of the Year on Tuesday. Often used by young people in a playful, ironic way to describe being upstaged, the term has entered mainstream use, recording a 210% rise in usage in 2026, according to dictionary experts. The term that has been around for nearly a decade was originally used in bodybuilding circles to describe someone physically superior and has now taken on a new meaning: outperforming someone. Alex Beecroft, Collins managing director, said that choosing mogging shows how "each generation leaves its mark on language." "It's a great example of how Gen Z and Gen Alpha have adopted a word and turned it into humorous slang, making the language their own," he said. The dictionary said that its experts monitor the 27-billion-word database to identify emerging language trends. The 2026 list also features carspreading (larger, heavier cars), fricy (fruity and spicy food or drinks), firewaves (a series of urban wildfires), P(doom) (the likelihood of AI causing human civilisation's collapse), ghost jobs (fake job listings) and friendslop (low-budget video games played among friends). AP...