Moxie vs Mixie - What's the difference?
moxie | mixie |
backbone, determination and fortitude
initiative or skill
* {{quote-book
, year=1971
, author=(John Updike)
, title=(Rabbit Redux)
, page=401
, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=ohnQr0ij3S8C&pg=PA401&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1zfcUPbOEILrqAHV8YDIAQ&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAAv=onepage&q=moxie&f=false
, passage=As a girl she had speed and a knock-kneed moxie at athletics, and might have done more with it if she hadn't harvested all the glory already.
}}
* {{quote-video
, date = 2011-01-29
, title = (Phineas and Ferb)
, episode = : The Musical!
, season = 2
, number = 38
, people = (Dan Povenmire)
, role = Building Engineer
, at = “Aren't You a Little Young?” (song)
, passage = Yes it's true! / That you seem a little young to do the things that you do, / even with all that moxie you've got.
}}