go moggy

verb

To go without restraint; to go wild; to be adventurous.

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Meanings

verbgo moggy (third-person singular simple present goes moggy, present participle going moggy, simple past went moggy, past participle gone moggy)

present singular third person goes moggy · participle present going moggy · past went moggy · participle past gone moggy

  1. South AfricaZimbabwecolloquialidiomaticTo go without restraint; to go wild; to be adventurous.
  2. South AfricaZimbabwecolloquialidiomaticTo go crazy; to be somewhat delirious.

    B: "That's a bad place, I tell you, I nearly went moggy in that jungle, hey." A: "That's only because you got that bump on the head, when that bus ran over ..."

    2002, Dan Wylie, Dead leaves: Two years in the Rhodesian War, →ISBN, page 79
  3. South AfricaZimbabwecolloquialidiomatic(usually in the past tense, as in "gone moggy") To become broken, disorganized or dysfunctional.

Origin

Derived from the Unimog, a brand of rugged four-wheel drive trucks popular in rural areas of South Africa and Zimbabwe.

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APA

go moggy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20moggy

MLA

“go moggy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20moggy. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go moggy,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20moggy.

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