Originally posted by JB88
So what is a mook? being its late and I am a being of a curious nature, I embarked on short but enlightening trip around the internet...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MookThe term mook or jamook is Italian American slang for an annoying, stupid, undesirable person. Often simply meaning that the person is contemptible or below your consideration. The term Mook sparks a brawl in Martin Scorsese's film Mean Streets. In some cases, "mook" can refer to a nondescript, unspecial person, such as "some mook from the block."
Mook is an advertising industry term for an 'in your face' person (e.g., Tom Green, the cast of the TV show ******* or the characters in the cartoon South Park).
Mook can also refer to a nameless, non-descript goon in a game or movie who is generally defeated or killed by the heroes without inciting much audience concern.
There are two enemies in the SNES video game EarthBound called "Lesser Mook" and "Mook Senior," probably because of the aforementioned meanings.
Some other interesting areas of Mookdom
http://www.mookhouse.ndo.co.uk/http://www.djmook.com/The Official Mook Rim Buddhist Society International Home Page
http://www.mook-rim.org/ (danger popups)
SONIC MOOK EXPERIMENT
http://www.sonicmook.co.uk/Other Mooks in the news
http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20011005graffiti1005p3.aspPolice anger reaches new heights over Mook's daredevil graffiti
Friday, October 05, 2001
By Timothy McNulty, Post-Gazette Staff Writer
The slang term "mook" means a knucklehead or idiot. For the city's Public Works Department, which has been eluded and taunted by a daredevil graffiti writer named Mook for three years now, it also means mounting frustration and anger.
