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mox⋅ie

  [mok-see]
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–noun Slang.
1. vigor; verve; pep.
2. courage and aggressiveness; nerve.
3. skill; know-how.
Origin:
1925–30, Americanism; after Moxie, a trademark (name of a soft drink)
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mox·ie   (mŏk'sē)   
n.   Slang
  1. The ability to face difficulty with spirit and courage.
  2. Aggressive energy; initiative: "His prose has moxie, though it rushes and stumbles from a pent-up surge" (Patricia Hampl).
  3. Skill; know-how.

[From Moxie, trademark for a soft drink.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Moxie

Mox"ie\, n. [fr. Moxie, a trade name for a beverage.]

1. energy; pep.

2. courage, determination.

3. Know-how, expertise. --MW10.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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moxie 
1908, popularized by Moxie, trademark name registered 1924 for a bitter non-alcoholic beverage; the word was used as far back as 1876 as the name of a patent medicine advertised to "build up your nerve," and it is perhaps ultimately from a New England Indian word.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Moxie language, music
A language for real-time computer music synthesis, written in XPL.
["Moxie: A Language for Computer Music Performance", D. Collinge, Proc Intl Computer Music Conf, Computer Music Assoc 1984, pp.217-220].
(1994-12-05)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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