JoeM 7,871 #1 Posted April 3, 2021 moxie play noun MAHK-see PrevNext Definition 1 : energy, pep 2 : courage, determination 3 : know-how Those folks on Red Square sure got the Wheel Horse Moxie! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,309 #2 Posted April 3, 2021 Here in Maine there's a Moxie festival to celebrate the drink. Personally I'm not sure how someone can stand the stuff. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeM 7,871 #4 Posted April 3, 2021 19 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: Moxie festival to celebrate the drink. "Hot roasted peanuts! Fresh popcorn! Ice-cold Moxie!" You might have heard such a snack vendor's cry at a baseball game—if you attended it in the early 1900s. In its heyday, some claim that the soft drink named Moxie outsold Coca-Cola. The beverage was a favorite of American writer E. B. White, who wrote, "Moxie contains gentian root, which is the path to the good life. This was known in the second century before Christ and is a boon to me today." In quick time, moxie had become a slang term for nerve and verve, perhaps because some people thought the drink was a tonic that could cure virtually any ill and bring vim back to even the most lethargic individual. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,803 #5 Posted April 3, 2021 Vim... next word of the day? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,803 #6 Posted April 3, 2021 MMA was on the tellie last night. I’d like to experience the rush, but I’m not sure I have the moxie I once did. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 6,991 #7 Posted April 3, 2021 A couple of teenagers were showing some moxie while trying to fish on the lake today in a John boat powered by oars. They were blown up to the shore in front of the lake house with a pretty good bump by the 15mph wind. They kind of struggled to row away from the shore.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
