Mudcat Café message #1412388

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Thread #78348 Message #1412388
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
16-Feb-05 - 06:04 PM
Thread Name: BS: Forthcoming UK election - important issue
Subject: RE: BS: Forthcoming UK election - important issue

"mob" comes from "mobile vulgus" meaning "changeable crowd".

I always like the fact that Australians use "mob" as the term for a group of kangaroos (among other things...)