MOOP

English thumb Alternative forms en moop Noun - en Burning Man _ slang en matter out of place; litter. en 2013 Cory Doctorow Homeland (Doctorow novel) Homeland Tor Books 978-0-7653-3369-8 These fences catch any MOOP (“matter out of place”) that blows out of peoples' camps, where it can be harvested and packed out—leave no trace—and all that. en Finn-Olaf Jones Burning Man’s Muddy Aftermath: A Desert Full of ‘Moop’ The New York Times 2023-09-06 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/us/burning-man-mud-photos-cleanup.html 0362-4331 Jack Healy After days of rain and mud, blocked exits and postponed parties, the last of Burning Man’s crowds trudged out of the Nevada desert on Wednesday morning. The “moop” remained. That is Burning Man argot for rubbish, short for “matter out of place”: a galaxy of jetsam scattered across the muddy alkali flats, after torrential rains temporarily stranded tens of thousands of people at the annual revelry of art and music. https://web.archive.org/web/20250626105456/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/us/burning-man-mud-photos-cleanup.html 26 June 2025