# gleep? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 18, 2002, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gleep/143581 "2002-12-18T16:42:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![trader\_of\_shots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trader\_of\_shots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trader_of_shots)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gleep/143581/21 "2002-12-20T07:55:46Z")
Hmm no one answered seriously. Gleep is used, usually with anime (manga ), and is used verbally express embaressment. May also be a TEAR DROP picture with it. ---
**Author:** ![Tblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tblue)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gleep/143581/22 "2002-12-20T11:26:30Z")
Moxie may come from something else too - Moxa is a substance that used to be used in medicine as a cauterising agent. Moxibustion is the act of cauterisation using this substance. Saying “She’s got moxie” (if it is a term that has been around for a very long time), could mean she has a searing wit (one that would “cauterise” you.) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gleep/143581/23 "2002-12-20T12:18:09Z")
“Gleek” was also the monkey owned by the Wondertwins in the old _Superfriends_ cartoons. Yes, Wondertwins, coming soon to a theatre near you! ---
**Author:** ![Doctordec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Doctordec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctordec)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gleep/143581/24 "2002-12-20T13:02:00Z")
In the film “The Wild One” (1954) the word gleep is used by Lee Marvin in reference to a trophy that he had stolen from Marlon Brando (Johnny). ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gleep/143581/25 "2002-12-21T02:40:55Z")
Amazing how movies can be cited from different dates. IMDB cites 1954, but all of my best sources cite 1953. Indeed, _gleep_ is used as a verb in the movie. The quote is “I didn’t win it. I just gleeped it. But I gleeped it off of a guy who didn’t win it either.” I was born in 1944. And in high school, 1959-1962, I never heard the word. I’m gonna guess that it was not used much after a brief flurry in the 50’s. But, it could have been regional. I grew up in Wash. DC area. **Lure** Thanks. I’ll wager that Gleason said “mope” (or some variant(mook)rather than moxie. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gleep/143581/26 "2002-12-21T02:50:08Z")
Wasn’t it also ditzy Daphne’s alien pet in Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space? As I recall, it said _gleep_ a lot. But I do recall the Herculoids version as well. Ah, those were the days. - Taamerlane ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gleep/143581/27 "2002-12-21T02:56:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beajerry \* > \*\*Wasn’t that in the Jetsons in a song sung by a dude Judy had a crush on? \*\* That would be “_EEP! OP! ORK! AH AH!_ (That means _I love you!_)” I hope I got that right… That was from memory, and it’s probably been six or seven years since I’ve seen The Jetsons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gleep/143581.md?page=1)