monger

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monger - n., a dealer in a specific commodity; a person promoting something undesirable or disreputable.


Usually used in combination: fishmonger, scandalmonger. From Old English mangere, from Latin mango, dealer or trader, from a noun derivative of Greek manganon, charm, means of enchantment. The PIE root is *mang-, to embellish, dress, trim. Wicked.

---L.

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Or possibly what indigenous tribesmen mutter in the background of crowd scenes in black-and-white movies.

---L.