go moggy en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
Derived from the Unimog, a brand of rugged four-wheel drive trucks popular in rural areas of South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Meanings
- (South-Africa, Zimbabwe, colloquial, idiomatic) To go without restraint; to go wild; to be adventurous.
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(South-Africa, Zimbabwe, colloquial, idiomatic) To go crazy; to be somewhat delirious.
B: "That's a bad place, I tell you, I nearly went moggy in that jungle, hey." A: "That's only because you got that bump on the head, when that bus ran over ..."
2002, Dan Wylie, Dead leaves: Two years in the Rhodesian War, →ISBN, page 79:
- (South-Africa, Zimbabwe, colloquial, idiomatic) (usually in the past tense, as in "gone moggy") To become broken, disorganized or dysfunctional.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| goes moggy | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| gone moggy | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| went moggy | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| going moggy | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |