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mosey

(chiefly, US, dialectal, intransitive) To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(chiefly, US, dialectal, intransitive) To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.

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  • “just woke up. fell asleep at 5pm, woke up at 10pm like, no you fuckin dont! forced my grumpy ass back to bed, 11 hours total. now will I get sleepy at 2pm? probably. I have to mosey over to my doc's today and see if they can write some scripts so I can die less fast.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “A big perk of working at a hospital is when your PCP orders blood work you can just mosey on down the hall to express testing right as they open and get in and out in 10 min without going out of your way at all”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Gotta get the mosey out for one! 💪💪💪”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “and will! you deserve goodness. the right nights gon mosey right on in and do you solid.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(chiefly, US, dialectal, intransitive) To set off, get going; to start a journey.

Origin: . Originally attested in Southern US dialects. Suggested origins include: * Spanish vamos (compare vamoose) * British dialectal walk around at leisurely pace * an term for "walk" (compare ) * proper name Mosey, pet form of Moses, in reference to the biblical Exodus which he led. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#3·Apr 27, 2026

(chiefly, US, dialectal, intransitive) To go off quickly: to hurry up.

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