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What (who) is mope - definition

2000 SINGLE BY BLOODHOUND GANG

Mope         
·noun A dull, spiritless person.
II. Mope ·vi To be dull and spiritless.
III. Mope ·vt To make spiritless and stupid.
mope         
¦ verb (often mope around/about) feel dejected and apathetic.
¦ noun informal a person who mopes.
Derivatives
moper noun
mopey (also mopy) adjective
mopily adverb
mopiness noun
mopish adjective
Origin
C16: perh. of Scand. origin; cf. Swed. dialect mopa 'to sulk'.
mope         
One who wears baggy pants and does drugs and also behaves in a mopey way.
Jeff's a mope; he doesn't care about anything

Wikipedia

Mope

"Mope" is a song by American comedy rock band Bloodhound Gang, released in September 2000 as the fourth single from their third studio album Hooray for Boobies. The song contains numerous samples such as "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco, "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Metallica, the Pac-Man theme song, and Homer Simpson shouting "holy macaroni" from the "Treehouse of Horror VI" episode of The Simpsons. A music video for the single was released in June 2000.

Examples of use of mope
1. Britpop, that exuberant soundtrack to the "Cool Britannia" of the 1''0s, has been fading away for years like a dreary Coldplay outtro, giving way to a mope rock scene that needed an infusion of energy.