moegoe

plural moegoes · alternative mugu

1. South AfricaderogatoryAn idiot, a fool; a country bumpkin.

   ‘Gordon is dead. He belongs to us. What's this mugu got to do with him?’

   1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 180

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   Legend has it that it was the year he spent in Alex that altered the young Madiba from a rural moegoe to a township clever.

   2002 November 1, Kgafela Oa Magogodi, Mail & Guardian

   This is my backyard and l don't necessarily want a whole bunch of moegoes banging along a mountain l've known since my barefoot boerseun days.

   2004, Herman Mills, Best Mountain Bike Rides in South Africa, page 25