MGTOW

English

Pronunciation

• The social phenomenon: IPA^(key): /mɪɡtaʊ/

Noun

MGTOW (plural MGTOWs)

1. (aviation) Initialism of maximum gross takeoff weight: the maximum gross weight of a given aircraft, including its own weight and that of everything it is carrying, before being unable to take off.

Related terms

• (aviation): MTOW

Proper noun

MGTOW

1. (neologism, sometimes used attributively) Acronym of Men Going Their Own Way. (an anti-feminist movement)
   • 2007 July 27, MCP [username], “Bachelor Declaration”, in soc.men‎^[1] (Usenet):

     This is my command - to spread this Declaration to all MGTOW and never surrender it to outsiders for they have no knowledge or wisdom in living well and free forever.

   • 2012 November 11, BetterOffSingle [username], “New Video: Why MGTOW is the new PUA!”, in alt.seduction.fast‎^[2] (Usenet):

     The MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way) movement began as a way for desperate men to avoid exploitation by women.

   • 2013 April 23, Revelations [username], “Re: The Victory (Over Semiramis) Is the Lord's”, in soc.men‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Is Zed the Zenpriest still around, or has Mr. Elam permanently retired that persona in favor of its MGTOW philosophy of copping out from the real world?

   • 2018, Eric W. Saeger, Russian Nazi Troll Bots!: The Busy Person’s Guide to How Trump’s Trolls Won the Internet, What’s Ahead, and What You Can Do, Metro Clarion Media, →ISBN:

     ... who gets a little too addicted to the kindred "broship" he gets from MGTOW blogs and subreddits. If you haven't already guessed, the manosphere does have a few female ecelebrities on board, some of whom exhibit confounding behavior, ...

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:MGTOW.

Derived terms

• MGTOWer

See also

• (social phenomenon): Men Going Their Own Way on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (aviation): Maximum Take-Off Weight on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• GLOW, GLOM
• incel