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单词 mau-mauing
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mau-mauingn.

Brit. /ˈmaʊmaʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmaʊˌmaʊɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mau-mau v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < mau-mau v. + -ing suffix1.
colloquial (chiefly North American).
The action of mau-mau v.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [noun]
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1970 T. Wolfe Radical Chic & Mau-mauing Flak Catchers (1971) 124 In public you used the same term the whites used, namely, ‘confrontation’. The term ‘mau-mauing’ was a source of amusement in private. The term mau-mauing said, ‘The white man has a voodoo fear of us, because deep down he still thinks we're savages. Right? So we're going to do that Savage number for him.’
1974 Maclean's Dec. 108/1 After a threat is made for the fifth, twelfth or fortieth time, the excitement wears off;..each hollow boast brings more government money tinkling into the Indian organizations' pockets. American writer Tom Wolfe calls the technique ‘mau-mauing.’
1988 Independent 1 Aug. 16/2 Mau-mauing was the process by which black ‘community leaders’ demonstrate..their legitimacy to white funding bodies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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