Spunk vs Moxie - What's the difference?
spunk | moxie |
(countable, obsolete) A spark.
* 1886 , , 2009,
(uncountable) Touchwood; tinder.
* 1646 , (Thomas Browne), Pseudodoxia Epidemica , II.5:
(countable, chiefly, Scotland, obsolete) A piece of tinder, sometimes impregnated with sulphur; a match.
* 1829 , Society for Relief of the Destitute Sick (Edinburgh), Report ,
* 1843 , John Wilson, John Gibson Lockhart, William Maginn, James Hogg, The Noctes Ambrosianæ of “Blackwood” , Volume IV,
(uncountable) Courage; spirit; mettle; determination.
* 1920 August, Edward Leonard, Old Zeke?s Mule'', '' ,
* 1991 , Lindsey Hanks, (copyright Linda Chesnutt, Georgia Pierce), Long Texas Night , Zebra Books, US,
*
(countable, UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) An attractive person (normally male).
* 2005 , Sue Austin, Women?s Aggressive Fantasies: A Post-Jungian Exploration of Self-Hatred, Love and Agency , Routledge, UK,
(uncountable, chiefly, UK, vulgar, slang) Semen.
* 2007 , Debra Hyde, Kidnapped'', Violet Blue (editor), ''Lust: Erotic Fantasies for Women , 2010, ReadHowYouWant,
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.
}}
As nouns the difference between spunk and moxie
is that spunk is (countable|obsolete) a spark while moxie is backbone, determination and fortitude.As a verb spunk
is (slang|vulgar) to ejaculate.spunk
English
Noun
(en-noun)page 109,
- “That?s none such an entirely bad little man, yon little man with the red head,” said Alan. “He has some spunks of decency.”
- Spunk , or Touch-wood prepared, might perhaps make it Russet: and some, as Beringuccio affirmeth, have promised to make it Red.
page 7,
- At present, her only means of procuring subsistence for herself and children, is by making spunks or matches, which, either she or her eldest child, a girl about six years of age, sells from door to door.
page 396,
- “Spunks' — '''spunks''' — '''spunks''' — who will buy my ' spunks ?” — cried an errant voice with a beseeching earnestness.
55,
- “I reckon I?m as good as a mule,” he declared. “Maria knows what that desert is as well as we do, but she?s got more spunk' than either of us. I'm not going to let any mule show more ' spunk than me.”
page 26,
- “You've got spunk', missy, I?ll have to say that for you. Maybe with your ' spunk and my good looks we can get this place in shape again.”
- It was Sarah?s turn to laugh.
page 166,
- We are welcomed by 20 year old spunks , as we make a last valiant attempt with our bodies - gasp, gasp - and try to get back in shape.
page 188,
- It was runny stuff and, as she felt Brain loosen his hold on the drawstrings, Cackle's spunk dripped onto the shelf of her chin.