AIBU to know what this word means?

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Today I used the word 'moxie' in a sentence and in turn the room looked at me like . AIBU or is that an unusual word?

If it was a brand, what would you associate it with?

Or probably gumption is a better description, but in a cool way.

I think of it as very American. I'd say gumption. An Australian, spunky.

It's also a small brand of tampons...

I suppose it's better than saying you're full of spunk though (ahh, regional variations in language).

Yep, cool, sassy, gumption all work. Generally only used for women I’d say. Definitely more American slang.

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@ poxy, same here pronunciation wise

popcorntime, tampon brand?

It's always been used as 'having balls' as far as I've heard. I've heard it since I was young as my gran & grandad used to used it, they're cockneys though, not Americans :)
I do believe there are also sanitary products of the same name.

I've googled it. I consider myself pretty well read but it's not a word I know. it doesn't mean I've not seen it in a US novel set in that era but I don't sit there with a dictionary when reading a book!

I also thought of the tampons. I like the little tins they come in.

Ahh, I see, I'd never heard of the tampons - they're cute little tins!

Bare minerals do a moxie lip gloss

You're not being Unreasonable to know what it means, but you are being a bit Unusual.

Better than saying someone had spunk anyway :o

Know what it means, but associate it with American films or musical of a certain age. Annie Get Your Gun, Oklahoma!, Calamity Jane etc.

It sounds pretty old-fashioned to me, and I am American. It sounds like something your grandparents would say.

It means "Sassy" to me. I think I've come across it in Stephen King, so hardly a mark of being widely read

I would presume an American slang word which when said in context becomes apparent, but I could understand a room full of English people being slightly baffled! My vocabulary is fairly wide but I wouldn't have been able to define the word out of context.

In fact a quick google shows it is on this list:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_American_terms_not_widely_used_in_the_United_Kingdom

Which would explain a lot!

I immediately thought of Auf Wiedersehen Pet!!!

I don't recall seeing references in UK literature.
I've heard of it, but it's quite an American saying.

Ah well, I don't restrict my reading to only UK literature

sound like the smokey stuff my acupuncturist use

I've just looked the word up as I'd never heard of it. The dictionary does say it's an American word, though.

I think I've heard it in US gangster/mob movies.

I've heard of that word before, sounds like poxy as a PP said. I always thought it meant a type of woman with vim, vigor a feisty energy? It has a "what ho old chap, round of croquet?" type vibe about it.

I saw a brilliant animation called Moxie a while ago. I hadn’t heard of it prior to that.