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.
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.)
“Gleek” was also the monkey owned by the Wondertwins in the old Superfriends cartoons.
Yes, Wondertwins, coming soon to a theatre near you!
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).
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.
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
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.