muggins

Easy mark, sucker

Muggins is a British informal term for a foolish or gullible person, often used self-deprecatingly when someone feels they've been taken advantage of or left to do an unpleasant task: And muggins here ended up paying for everyone's dinner.

The word also names a card game similar to cribbage and a version of dominoes where players can claim points their opponents fail to notice.

fool

chump

Gullible fool

patsy · mark · stooge · pushover · sap · soft touch · easy mark · pigeon · gull · sitting duck

game

cribbage

Pegged card game

pegging · scoring · hand · nobs · fifteen · pairs · runs · count · dealer · opponent

self-deprecation

fool

Unwise, gullible person

numbskull · blockhead · nitwit · dimwit · doofus · clod · bonehead · nincompoop · dunce · dolt

Categories
Opposites
intelligence/cleverness

mugginsgenius

Person of rare brilliance

clever clogs · mastermind · brainiac · wise guy · brain

gullibility/shrewdness

mugginssly fox

Cunning, devious person

con artist · swindler · schemer · operator · trickster

SOCIAL POSITIONING (the put-upon vs. the advantaged)

mugginsfree rider

One benefiting without contributing

slacker · shirker · freeloader · skiver · dodger

Phrases
Family

mugging

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Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G