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Stargzer
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Mosey

Postby Stargzer » Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:45 pm

A good Old-West-sounding word:

"Let's mosey on down t' the Agora for a spell, pardner!"
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

mosey

SYLLABICATION: mo·sey

PRONUNCIATION: mō'zē

INTRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: mo·seyed, mo·sey·ing, mo·seys

Informal 1. To move in a leisurely, relaxed way; saunter: moseyed over to the club after lunch. 2. To get going; move along.

ETYMOLOGY: Origin unknown.


The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
But the Online Etymology Dictionary suggests this origin:
mosey
1829, Amer.Eng. slang, of unknown origin, perhaps related to British dial. mose about "go around in a dull, stupid way." Or perhaps from Sp. vamos (see vamoose).
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Postby Slava » Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:32 pm

So, how do we get more people to mosey on down t' th' Agora, pardner?
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