Questions?

[ClockworkOrange]

Please give me the definition of the words 'funk' and 'mojo'. I am totally confused?

I only associate the word funk with funky music. As for mojo........well, no idea.


Also, does anybody know where mimitabby has got to and that she is OK?

Cheers.

Clock

[salsabike]

Mimitabby is now Biciclista--she's fine and she's right here.

"Funk" also means being kind of depressed. "I was in a real funk from the short dark days in winter until Veronica sent me some of her peanut butter cookies."

"Mojo" means a number of different things. The most general use is your personal sense of power, as in "I've got my mojo back now that I've gotten rid of that virus, or that bad relationship, or whatever was dragging me down." See below from dictionary.com--

mojo - 5 dictionary results
Main Entry: mojo
Part of Speech: n
Definition: a Cuban seasoning of garlic, olive oil, and sour (Seville) oranges used as a dip, marinade, or sauce
Etymology: Span. mojar 'make wet'
Usage: cooking

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mo⋅jo
   /ˈmoʊdʒoʊ/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [moh-joh] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -jos, -joes.
1. the art or practice of casting magic spells; magic; voodoo.
2. an object, as an amulet or charm, that is believed to carry a magic spell.
Origin:
1925–30, Americanism; cf. Gullah moco witchcraft, magic, prob. akin to Fulani moco'o medicine man (c represents voiced palatal stop)
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mo·jo (mō'jō') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. mo·jos or mo·joes

1. A magic charm or spell.
2. An amulet, often a small flannel bag containing one or more magic items, worn by adherents of hoodoo or voodoo.
3. Personal magnetism; charm.


[Perhaps ultimately from Fula moco'o, medicine man.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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mojo
1920s, probably of Creole origin, cf. Gullah moco "witchcraft," Fula moco'o "medicine man."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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mojo

noun
a magic power or magic spell

[bmccasland]

Clock-

"in a funk" - feeling blue, down

"mojo" - ?spirit? I think. That seems to be the way it's used.

Mimitabby is on line - she has a new avatar...... which OF COURSE I can't think of at the moment.

Someone will chime in and set me straight. I'm off to find dinner.


Your questions remind me of when I listen to satellite music stations - OK, I admit to listening to the station of my youth, anyway the disc jockey will do this thing of going over 3-5 slang terms from back in the day, almost like giving an grammar lesson. Then, "let's use them together in a sentence, shall we?" It's pretty hysterical!

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[Mr. Bloom]

I never recall hearing the work "mojo" ... was Austin Powers the movie that brought it into mainstream usage?

[salsabike]

Wow, no, I don't think so. Maybe it's a regional thing. It's part of the blues world. It's been in my vernacular since I was a teenager on the East Coast, and I knew a lot of blues and jazz musicians.

[ClockworkOrange]

YAY..............in that case I am getting out of my funk and I am getting my mojo back........

Maybe I should start flying the Stars and Stripes?

Thanks all for answering of my questions.

Clock

[solobiker]

YAY..............in that case I am getting out of my funk and I am getting my mojo back........

Maybe I should start flying the Stars and Stripes?

Thanks all for answering of my questions.

Clock

YEAH Clock!!!! I am so happy for you

[Veronica]

"Funk" also means being kind of depressed. "I was in a real funk from the short dark days in winter until Veronica sent me some of her peanut butter cookies."

My recipe is on line here somewhere.

Veronica

[Irulan]

funk - grossness, stinky, as in "gym shoes funk".

or, shoddy with character, "funky little cabin"

mojo - like a good luck charm, esp with mountain bikers, you put your mojo on your bike ( and there's all sorts of rules like you can't buy your own mojo)

anyone checked urban dictionary yet?

[OakLeaf]

Oh goodness, who hasn't hooted and hollered with a band playing "Got my mojo working?"


Edit after reading the rest of that wiki... Conway Twitty???! That's just plain scary.

[RoadRaven]

I never recall hearing the work "mojo" ... was Austin Powers the movie that brought it into mainstream usage?

LAWoman - "The Doors" (a great song for your MP3 to cycle to by the way)

It was used in this way long before Austin Powers movie... thats why Austin used it - it was a term used popularly in the 60s/70s. Austin's use made has made the term synonomous with sexual prowess/ability, although (as already posted by others) mojo actually has broader meanings.

[Zen]

Main Entry: mojo
Part of Speech: n
Definition: a Cuban seasoning of garlic, olive oil, and sour (Seville) oranges used as a dip, marinade, or sauce
Etymology: Span. mojar 'make wet'
Usage: cooking

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mo⋅jo
   /ˈmoʊdʒoʊ/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [moh-joh] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -jos, -joes.
1. the art or practice of casting magic spells; magic; voodoo.
2. an object, as an amulet or charm, that is believed to carry a magic spell.
Origin:
1925–30, Americanism; cf. Gullah moco witchcraft, magic, prob. akin to Fulani moco'o medicine man (c represents voiced palatal stop)
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Cite This Source
mo·jo (mō'jō') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. mo·jos or mo·joes

1. A magic charm or spell.
2. An amulet, often a small flannel bag containing one or more magic items, worn by adherents of hoodoo or voodoo.
3. Personal magnetism; charm.


[Perhaps ultimately from Fula moco'o, medicine man.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source

mojo
1920s, probably of Creole origin, cf. Gullah moco "witchcraft," Fula moco'o "medicine man."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
mojo

noun
a magic power or magic spell

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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[Biciclista]

i don't have a new AVATAR, i've been using this one since August or so. I have a new USERID..

mimi

[Zen]

I have a new USERID..

Do you also have a new userego and usersuperego ?

[Biciclista]

nah, it's the same old me. at least my socks match.