AIBU to know what this word means?

[Sudafed73]

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?

I've never heard it before.

Thank you xmrssmooth, at least someone else knows of Moxie from Auf Wiedersehen, Pet too - that's the only Moxie I know as well!!

A moxie was the girlfriend of a mobster, wasn't she?

I have heard of it because I used to play Kingdom of Loathing and it’s one of the character stats, along with muscle and mysticality...

I know what it means. It's not something you hear every day but if someone did say it I wouldn't be surprised or confused by it, it's not that unusual.

I read a lot and play a lot of word games and it crops up fairly frequently in those, and I'm fairly sure Amy Adams says it in Night at the Museum 2 and I know I've heard it in other films.

Judge Judy says to people who are 'cheeky fuckers' 'you've got some Moxie saying that!'.

It can be someone who is chancing their arm. It's like brass neck in negative contexts and gumption/spunk in positive contexts.

I know the word as it's very close to my name and people call me it sometimes (or at least they used to at Uni).

I was also going to mention Auf Wiedersehen Pet, but thought everyone would go A?

It's a perfectly normal word. People are quite anti-intellectual these days so they'd rather judge you than look it up later and learn something.

If you are a fan of 1930s/40s Hollywood B movies you would know what it meant.
Its not really in common usage otherwise is it?

@Nanny0gg - I think that was a doxy?

Only ever heard of "Moxy" the hotel brand. Thought it was just a made-up word.

moxy-hotels.marriott.com/en

I would guess that your colleagues are much younger than you, grandma.

I forgot about Judge Judy !!! She says it all the time.

A nightclub run by gangsters in New York.
A very young, slightly grubby looking woman is auditioning.
She is good but not sexy.
Within seconds she is being dismissed with a wave by the fat man in a hat sitting in the front row.
Enraged, young grubby woman lets out a very fast stream of mild abuse directed at fat man. Along the lines of he is too dumb to know what he is missing.
The whole place falls silent. People are shocked and scared. Wondering what fat man will do next. He runs New York. He could shoot her there and then.
Pause....
Fat man laughs uproariously. 'Hey! I like dis dame. Shes got moxie! Put her in the chorus' Turns to his minions and laughs some more about the dame with guts

Everyone laughs.
Stage hand ushers grubby girl off stage.

Scene.

Oh my Scottish mum used to say this word, but it meant something totally different! It meant a mixed-up mash-up! - so if she'd made a meal out of a lot of leftovers she'd say "It's just a moxie".
Any other Scottish people on here who've heard of this?

Amy Adams used moxie when she played Ameliia Airhart in Night At The Museum 2, very American and 1920\30s word. I know someone who named their cat Moxie which is cute.

To be moxie, or to have moxie, means to be imbued with a certain amount of cheek and drive to succeed.

Del Trotter had Moxie - Rodders, not so much

I'm genuinely surprised at the amount of people who don't know what it means, I remember when mumsnet used to make me feel stupid.

YANBU to know what it means, but then I also don't think that those who don't know abu either!

Who were you addressing that most of them didn't know?

Yep. Know what moxie means. Have used it myself in the appropriate situation to describe someone (who has it!). Am agog at PP who not only don't know the meaning but thought it was made up!

Don't associate any particular brand with it though. Are you conducting some brand research?

That sounded super rude, LolitaLempicka, don't know if that was your intention. I'm actually the youngest

And my great aunt used it to describe a mixed up meal like corned beef and tatties, and we are Scottish

*Today 18:21 DameSylvieKrin

It's a perfectly normal word. People are quite anti-intellectual these days so they'd rather judge you than look it up later and learn something.*

I actually agree with this. People would rather sneer and imply you only use a certain word to 'sound clever' than actually learn a new word to integrate into their vocabulary (even just for knowledge's sake).

It was a joke sudafed, because it is a very old fashioned word.