Talk:Mook

I think that "Mook" an infamous graffito of Pittsburgh should be given recognizition in this page. FireSpike 20:02, 22 August 2005 (UTC) [reply ]

But like in that great song by les aigles, as-tu raison? That is to say, can you tell me why?

--Fighter 04:56, 1 September 2005 (UTC) [reply ]

I've heard from several separate places (all semi-reliable sources) that "mook" is a racial slur in Japan. Can anyone prove/debunk this? -WarthogDemon 00:01, 7 November 2006 (UTC) [reply ]

I've reformatted this page as a dab page. It may be worthwhile to create a stub or transwiki to Wiktionary the following content, provided it can be appropriately sourced:

• "Mook" is the Japanese publishing industry's generic name for quarterly or irregularly published large-format softcover publications having more pages than a typical magazine, yet less pages than a proper book. Examples from the automotive field include News Publishing Company's [1] HyperRev series [2] and Mazda Miata Roadster-specific Road&Ster [3].
  • Mook was an Engrish contraction of the English words for a movie and book and were reference books for popular animation and film in Japan. The mooks themselves were often collections of color stills or screenshots taken directly from the movie or TV series, with additional material such as character and mechanical design sketches, fan art, and technical text from the creators included in black and white. The term mook was a fairly common description for these types of books during the 1980s, but, while the reference books are still being published, the term has now fallen into disuse as English becomes more prevalent in Asia, although the term has resurfaced a few times in recent years.
    • Mook is written as ムック in Japanese. See http://www.jekai.org/entries/aa/00/nn/aa00nn79.htm for further details (that generally confirm what's written above). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.51.27 (talk) 12:10, 9 September 2007 (UTC) [reply ]

• Mook is an advertising industry term for an 'in your face' person (e.g., Tom Green, the cast of the TV show jackass or the characters in the cartoon South Park). [4]

• "Mook" is a term used in marketing to describe a group of young people (mostly teenagers) that is targeted for the marketing of "cool." The "Mook" describes a male that is driven and controlled by a form of "cool" that is exemplified by Tom Green, the MTV show Jackass, and other forms of sophomoric, reality-show humour.

--Muchness 05:02, 9 January 2007 (UTC) [reply ]

I've always understood mook as a word referring to somebody who is a working-class moron, not necessarily as someone trying to be cool. I hear it all the time in Minnesota. And I could have sworn I heard it in the first Fantastic Four movie.

That's the English dictionary definition, there's a wiktionary link on the page. Anarchangel23 (talk) 09:23, 12 December 2009 (UTC) [reply ]