moegoe
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[edit] Etymology
Unknown Perhaps from Afrikaans moeg ou "tired person"
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[edit] Noun
moegoe (plural moegoes)
- (South Africa, pejorative) An idiot; A dolt; A mampara; somebody who is really dumb.
- "There are so many people who made it to my Moegoe of the Week list but unfortunately I can only select one. I was looking for a stronger word than 'Moegoe' .... At one point I was considering a word they use in South Africa, 'Mampara', but that was also not strong enough. I then had to settle for Moegoe." [1]
- Sunday Times ...For all this, he was regarded as a nerd, a moegoe, an uncool chump. So, in order to gain acceptance in the realm of popular culture, he cultivated himself ... [2]
