A 2008 blog post may be an early use of the Japanese slang “mounting”

The Japanese slang word “mounting” describes trying to show that you are better than someone else.

A blogger’s research points to a post dated September 20, 2008, as an early online use of the word.

The example uses it to describe one person overpowering another in an argument.

Tracing how words first appeared can show how their meanings change over time.