English is a growing language with many quirks and niches. For example, "-monger" as a suffix is way more common that most might expect. Below is a list of -monger words that you are free to use in everyday speech and writing (if you have the opportunity). I've purposefully listed them out of order to encourage a slow and bemused perusing rather than the experience of a cold dictionary. However, definitions below are provided reference-only and should not be considered as authoritative.
Note that I'll be adding to this list over time. Also, if you found a monger word that is not on this list, please comment below.
· bookmonger - bookseller
· cheesemonger - seller of cheese
· lawmonger - one who
practices of law
· wondermonger - exploitor of strange or freakish things
· noisemonger - performer of noisy music
· doommonger - prophesier of
doom
· panicmonger - spreader of panic
· lovemonger - advocator of love; also fancymonger
· starmonger - astrologer
· ironmonger - seller of
tools or the storage thereof; also toolmonger
· eirmonger - seller of
eggs
· beermonger - seller of beer
· questionmonger - asker of many questions
· fruitmonger - seller of fruit
· troublemonger - maker of
trouble
· woolmonger - seller of wool
· hatemonger - pusher of
hate against a person or group of people
· balladmonger - composer of ballads
· wordmonger -speaker or
writer who communicates pretentiously
· scandalmonger - spreader of gossip; also gossipmonger or newsmonger or sleazemonger or charactermonger
· prayermonger - one who prayers without true devotion
· gospelmonger - peddler of holy gospel
· smutmonger - publisher of a tabloid or other sensationalized news; also sensationmonger
· loanmonger - dealer of loans
· fashionmonger - booster of fashion
· racemonger - inciter of racial and ethnic tensions
· cockmonger - procurer of cocks
· peacemonger - one who is strictly pacifist
· alemonger - seller of
ale
· whoremonger - enjoyer of
whores
· hypemonger - one who hypes something
· carpetmonger - dealer of carpets
· boroughmonger - trader of
parliamentary seats of boroughs
· woomonger - pusher of pseudoscientific practices and
information
· costermonger - seller of
goods from a cart or stall in the streets; also costardmonger
· woodmonger - seller of wood
· phrasemonger - speaker of phrases that were coined by others
· scaremonger - spreader of
fear-based rumors
· barbermonger - a vain poser
· rumormonger - spreader of
rumors
· haymonger - dealer of hay
· miraclemonger - one who pretends to create miracles
· fellmonger - dealer of
animal hides
· versemonger - writer of verses
· statemonger - one who is well-versed in politics
· profitmonger - exhibitor of greed; also moneymonger
· relicmonger - dealer of religious relics
· meritmonger - one who depends on merit from good deeds in order to earn salvation; also secondary use of workmonger
· rulemonger - one who is insistent that rules must be
followed
· questmonger - one who engages in frivolous litigation
· powermonger - irresponsible wielder of power
· placemonger - trafficker of appointments to places
· lightmonger - installer of light fixtures
· deathmonger - murderer of many people; also killmonger
· pussymonger - pimp; also fleshmonger or muttonmonger
· filthmonger - purveyor of obscenities
· dramamonger - provoker of dramatic situations
· warmonger - advocator for war; see sciencemonger for secondary use
· systemmonger - one who indulges in the construction of
systems
· poisonmonger - peddler of poison
· winemonger - seller of wine
· fishmonger - seller of fish
· mealmonger - seller of meals
· diseasemonger - one who tries convince healthy or slightly ill people that their usually mild ailment urgently needs drug treatment
· fearmonger - spreader of fear, or an alarmist
· charitymonger - contributor of large sums of money to charities
· spellmonger - caster of spells, or practitioner of magic; also magicmonger
· cornmonger - dealer of grain
· storymonger - teller of stories
· opportunitymonger - opportunist, often seeking immediate action
· pearmonger - seller of pears
· wealthmonger - one who is rich
· knowledgemonger - seeker or purveyor of knowledge for betterment
· artmonger - artist, dealer or promoter of art
· ideamonger - dealer of ideas
· disastermonger - warner of foreseeable disaster
· commoditymonger - merchant
· firemonger - starter of fires
· bribemonger - taker of bribes
· treasuremonger - seeker of treasure
· carnagemonger - creator of carnage
· dreammonger - purveyor of hope; also hopemonger; or supernatural seller of actual dreams
· healthmonger - promoter of healthy eating and life-style
· superstitionmonger - purveyor of superstition
· fortunemonger - promoter of fortune
· historymonger - historian
· spacemonger - optimizer of storage space
· informationmonger - collector of information
· pleasuremonger - seeker of pleasure
· spymonger - one who spies or engages in spycraft
· lifemonger - controller of lifeforce as a magical ability
· speechmonger - expounder of arguments in support of an ideology
· peltmonger - dealer of pelts
· seafoodmonger - seller of seafood
· soulmonger - trapper of souls
· slavemonger - trader of slaves
· weaponmonger - dealer or collector of weapons
· churchmonger - proselytizer of a given church, congregation or faith, often in a pushy manner; similar to cultmonger or sectmonger or religionmonger (see sciencemonger for secondary use of religionmonger)
· dealmonger - haggler or negotiator
· coalmonger - dealer of coal
· sexmonger - promoter or engager of promiscuous sex
· thoughtmonger - thinker of many thoughts
· contractmonger - negotiator of contracts
· crimemonger - writer of crime stories
· drugmonger - trafficker of drugs
· educationmonger - strict adherent to fact-based education
· energymonger - something that consumes energy in a non-green manner
· musicmonger - seller of music
· propertymonger - investor in real estate
· weathermonger - meteorologist; or controller of weather by means of magic
· sciencemonger - gamer within a 4X game who focuses on acquiring scientific discoveries for a science-based victory; also technologymonger; similar to secondary use of religionmonger (religion-based victory), warmonger (conquest-based victory), and also culturemonger (culture-based victory)
· secretmonger - dealer of secrets
· timemonger - controller of time and alternate realities
· workmonger - one who works excessively; see meritmonger above for secondary meaning
