vulgus (Latin for mob, common people)

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mob — I. /mɒb / (say mob) noun 1. a. a large number, especially of people: there was a mob of people in the streets to see the procession. b. Colloquial a group of people, as friends, not necessarily large: we ll invite the mob over for Saturday night …
mob — [17] Mob is famous as one of the then new ‘slang’ abbreviations against which Joseph Addison and Jonathan Swift inveighed at the beginning of the 18th century (others included pozz for positively and rep for reputation). Mob was short for mobile … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
popular, vulgar — These words are no longer synonymous, but for many centuries they were. Popular is derived from a Latin word meaning people ; vulgar comes from a Latin term meaning the general public. (The English word mob is a shortened form of Latin mobile… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
Slang — For other uses, see Slang (disambiguation). Slang is the use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker s language or dialect but are considered more acceptable when used socially. Slang is often to be found … Wikipedia
Saxons — For other uses, see Saxon (disambiguation). 1868 illustration of Augustine addressing the Saxons … Wikipedia

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