mooey
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmuːi/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]From Angloromani mui, from Sanskrit मुख (mukha, “mouth, face”). Compare Swedish knoparmoj.
Noun
[edit]mooey (plural mooeys)
- (UK, slang) The mouth; the face.
- 1997, Gary Oldman, Nil by Mouth, screenplay:
- Now, one day, right, he's staggering across the pub pissed from the night before. He's gone over, crunch, right on his mooey, like a fucking ironing board.
- 1997, Gary Oldman, Nil by Mouth, screenplay:
- (UK, slang) The vagina or vulva.
- 2010, Digital Spy message boards[1]:
- Her ex-husband accompanied her to her boyfriend's place and she shaved her mooey on the way.
- 2006, handbag.com forums
- Why does she insist on wearing shorts so short that you can see her mooey too?
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mooey
- (nonce word, slang) "Moo"-like; reminiscent of a cow.
- 1984, Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume:
- Pan was curious about the silver pot that the female homer cradled against her round mooey breasts as if it were a babe […]
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