moggy

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɒ.ɡi/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.ɡi/ === Etymology 1 === Unknown, but probably originally Mog +‎ -y, a Scots or Northern English variant of maggie (“girl”), from Maggie, a diminutive of Margaret and Margery. First attested in reference to mongrel cats in Cockney. ==== Noun ==== moggy (plural moggies) (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A domestic cat, especially (depreciative or derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat. (Scotland and Northern England regional, obsolete) Synonym of girl: a female child or young woman. (Midlands and Northern England regional, derogatory, rare) Synonym of slattern: an unkempt or badly-dressed woman. 1886, Robert Eden George Cole, A Glossary of Words Used in South-west Lincolnshire, s.v. "moggy": Moggy, a slattern, dressed out untidily: 'She did look a moggy.' (Midlands and Northern England regional, rare) Synonym of scarecrow. (Midlands regional, rare) Synonym of calf. (East Midlands, dated) A mouse. (Yorkshire) A kind of cake made with ginger, treacle, etc. ===== Alternative forms ===== moggie ===== Coordinate terms ===== (mongrel cat): mutt (mongrel dog) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Derived from the Unimog, a brand of rugged four-wheel drive trucks popular in rural areas of South Africa and Zimbabwe. ==== Adjective ==== moggy (comparative more moggy, superlative most moggy) (South Africa, Zimbabwe, slang) Irrational, out of touch ===== Derived terms ===== === References === “moggie, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.. “moggy”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “moggy”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.