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moggy.

A domestic cat, especially (depreciative or derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɒ.ɡi/UK/ˈmɑ.ɡi/US
  1. A domestic cat, especially (depreciative or derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.

    Commonwealth · Ireland · UK
  2. Synonym of girl: a female child or young woman.

    Northern-England · Scotland · obsolete · regional
  3. Synonym of slattern: an unkempt or badly-dressed woman.

    Midlands · Northern-England · derogatory · rare · regional
  4. Synonym of scarecrow.

    Midlands · Northern-England · rare · regional
  5. Synonym of calf.

    Midlands · rare · regional
  6. A mouse.

    East-Midlands · dated
  7. A kind of cake made with ginger, treacle, etc.

    Yorkshire
Where this word comes from

Unknown, but probably originally Mog + -y, a Scots or Northern English variant of maggie (“girl”), from Maggie, a diminutive of Margaret and Margery. First attested in reference to mongrel cats in Cockney.

adj/ˈmɒ.ɡi/UK/ˈmɑ.ɡi/US
  1. Irrational, out of touch

    South-Africa · Zimbabwe · slang
Where this word comes from

Derived from the Unimog, a brand of rugged four-wheel drive trucks popular in rural areas of South Africa and Zimbabwe.

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