moo point

noun

Eggcorn of moot point (“An issue hardly worth debating because it is no longer practically applicable.”).

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Meanings

nounmoo point (plural moo points)

plural moo points

  1. Eggcorn of moot point (“An issue hardly worth debating because it is no longer practically applicable.”).

    Joey: If he doesn't like you, then this is all just a moo point. / Rachel: Huh. A moo point? / Joey: Yeah, it's like a cow's opinion, you know, it just doesn't matter. It's "moo".

    2000 November 23, Patty Lin, “The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs”, in Friends, season 7, episode 8

Origin

From moo + point, from the idea that an unimportant matter is like a cow's opinion, and because of the phonetic similarity between moo and moot. Popularized by the television sitcom Friends, in the episode "The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs".

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moo point. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moo%20point

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“moo point.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moo%20point. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moo point,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moo%20point.

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