mope

Etymology

Of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish mopa (“to sulk”), Danish måbe. Compare also German muffen, French moue.

verb

1. (intransitive) To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.
2. (transitive) To make spiritless and stupid.

noun

1. The act of moping
   When she gets upset, she has a little mope, and then gets over it.
2. (archaic) A dull, spiritless person.
3. (pornography industry) A bottom feeder who "mopes" around a pornography studio hoping for his big break and often does bit parts in exchange for room and board and meager pay.
   2011: LA Weekly, documenting uses dating to the 1990s The porn industry is many things. Subtle is not one of them. So when Porn Inc. went searching for a job title for people like Stephen Hill, the choice was "mope." It's based on the off-camera life of these fringe actors, hangers-on who mope around the studios hoping for a bit role, which if they're lucky might bring them $50 plus food — and the chance to have sex with a real, live woman.https://web.archive.org/web/20110310155324/http://www.laweekly.com/2011-02-24/news/porn-machete-murder/