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Folk etymology reinterpreted it as referring to a person who sat on the fence with their mug (“face”) on one side and wump (“rump”) on the other, which influenced political cartoons during the 1884 United States presidential election.\nThe verb is derived from the noun.", "forms": [ { "form": "mugwumps", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "mugwumping", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "mugwumped", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "mugwumped", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "mugwump (third-person singular simple present mugwumps, present participle mugwumping, simple past and past participle mugwumped)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "hyphenation": [ "mug‧wump" ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English intransitive verbs" ], "glosses": [ "To behave like a mugwump." ], "links": [ [ "behave", "behave" ], [ "mugwump", "mugwump#Noun" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive) To behave like a mugwump." ], "tags": [ "US", "intransitive" ] }, { "categories": [ "English intransitive verbs" ], "glosses": [ "To purport to stay aloof and independent, especially from party politics." ], "links": [ [ "purport", "purport" ], [ "stay", "stay#Verb" ], [ "aloof", "aloof" ], [ "independent", "independent#Adjective" ], [ "party politics", "party politics" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive) To purport to stay aloof and independent, especially from party politics." ], "tags": [ "US", "intransitive" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈmʌɡwʌmp/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˈmʌɡˌwʌmp/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "ipa": "[ˈməɡˌwəmp]", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mugwump.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mugwump.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mugwump.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mugwump.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mugwump.wav.ogg", "tags": [ "Southern-England" ], "text": "Audio (Southern England)" } ], "wikipedia": [ "1884 United States presidential election" ], "word": "mugwump" }
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