Wordie: Moxie: Comments

Comment by plethora, 5 months ago

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:06:58 +0000

Maybe it's like recreational drugs, as opposed to medicinal ones.

My daily intake of Coke, for caffeine, is necessary to my continued existence, not always for recreational purposes.

Comment by frindley, 5 months ago

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:48:21 +0000

Wikipedia describes the product Moxie as a recreational soft drink. Does anyone know how that differs from an ordinary soft drink?

Comment by arby, 10 months ago

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:21:28 +0000

Eww, seafoam moist sounds so nasty.

Comment by uselessness, 11 months ago

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:55:29 +0000

Well arby, people used to use the phrase seafoam moist, but that fell out of favor pretty quickly. So yeah, green is all that's left. ;-)

Comment by chained_bear, 11 months ago

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:43:23 +0000

I think spelling seafoam as two words takes moxie.

Comment by arby, 11 months ago

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:21:32 +0000

I agree 100% jr, and I know I've seen it spelled that way before - usually in the context of decorating or clothing.

This lovely bridesmaid's dress in seafoam green will flatter any complexion - yada yada yada

Another burning question - is there any other word that can follow/modify seafoam aside from green? Or should we just say the expression is always seafoam green and be done with it?

Comment by jennarenn, 11 months ago

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:06:14 +0000

Wearing a sea foam green polyester suit with a pink ruffled shirt and white patent leather shoes takes moxie.

On a side note, why isn't sea foam one word? Both Dictionary.com & Word want to split in half. I think that the two halves want to sit together.

Comment by John, 11 months ago

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:52:27 +0000

Retro? I had a cool, refreshing moxie at lunch today. How can it be retro, if it's always in style?

Comment by samoritan, about 1 year ago

Thu, 17 May 2007 15:09:49 +0000

This is one of those words that I would love to see come back into general usage. It's just so retro!

My brother said our neighbor Doxie had moxie.

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:43:25 +0000

Comment by John, about 1 year ago

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:09:24 +0000

Tastes like medicine, yet I love it.