moegoe

/ˈmʊxuː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Derogatory

"‘Gordon is dead. He belongs to us. What's this mugu got to do with him?’"
"Legend has it that it was the year he spent in Alex that altered the young Madiba from a rural moegoe to a township clever."
"This is my backyard and l don't necessarily want a whole bunch of moegoes banging along a mountain l've known since my barefoot boerseun days."

From Afrikaans moegoe and Camtho moegoe. Further etymology uncertain; compare colloquial Dutch mogool.

moegoes (plural) mugu (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce moegoe?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmʊxuː/.

What does moegoe mean?

An idiot, a fool; a country bumpkin.

Where does moegoe come from?

How to pronounce moegoe

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