Fashionable Words: Mosey

[Sometimes words die out of fashion. But sometimes those words are good words, words with a certain appeal that can't be denied forever. Those words should be brought back into fashion, used frequently and used often. These are those words.]

Word:
Mosey

Definition:
verb
1. to wander or shuffle about leisurely.
2. to stroll; to amble.
3. to start a journey.

Origin:
Damned if anyone knows. History shows it came into fashion between 1820-1830, largely in the American south. Picture a wannabe Scarlet O'Hara saying it to someone while she spins a parasol and moves about a garden.

Some connect mosey's origin to the Spanish vamos. Others connect it to the British mose about. And still others connect it to an Alkonkian verb pimose, which means to walk.

I like to imagine John Wayne created it whenever he threw a hip out while sauntering into a saloon.

Used in a sentence:
1.  Little Bobby moseyed into his kindergarten class with moxie after acing his ABCs.

2.  After riding a horse for the past seven hours, it was impossible for Chuck to move any faster than a mosey.

Why the word should be brought back into fashion:
Because you walk too slowly for it to be considered anything other than moseying.

That, and it just sounds good coming off the tongue.

Word Awesomeness Scale (1 to 5):
Four. More moseying, less walking slowly.