Is a mosey kinda like a stroll?

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Beau.Gus

A mosey is more like an amble than a stroll... to "stroll" implies a certain lack of urgency, but not a lack of purposeful destination; a mosey implies a certain lack of urgency and also a potential lack of purposeful destination; one might "stroll" through Rittenhouse Square during lunch break (with the intention of enjoying the walk but of returning to work), but one might mosey along South Street not looking for anything in particular, possibly even changing direction several times, nostalgic for "More Than Just Ice Cream"...

Jon H

If you mosey along, you are going at a slow, relaxed pace. I would go for a stroll if i was burning time and had nothing to do, if i had to be somewhere but didn't really want to go, i might go a pace which could be described as moseying along.

bluelotussmellslikebananas

"Mosey" is what I did as a kid. My grand pops would give us kids direction to some place we wanted to go - Poly wog palace directions were - "Go a see and go a left on the dirt road. Go 1/2 see and look for the path. Ends at the watering hole. Can't miss it."

We hardly ever found what we were looking for, so we moseyed along the way.

Coasty

Yeah, only with the overtones of more leisurely.

banjoleary

Sure is. I don't think it qualifies for the Minstry of Funny Walks though.

Banjo

the Ol' Foolosifer

I think I'll just mosey along down to the fishing hole and see if the big 'un's is biting.
Yep, it is southern/western slang for moving at a slow meandering pace with no apparent need for haste.

Brenin

Kind of. But swaggerier

Give me Liberty

Too mosey:

dress in loose baggy blue jeans with over sized pink and blue shirt with empty m&m bag in pocket

lose all your cares and smile ever so gingerly, blink your blues repeatedly, stare at a cloud, then examine the bug on the rose

place one hand in pocket, the other around an old broom stick

hit a leaf with the stick

have no where in particular to go

slowly swing your shoulders side to side while moving your feet as if they are rope swings in an old oak tree, first left and right then ahead 3/4 of a step, pondering your direction.

shift direction, but not for a reason

enjoy the sunshine and mosey for a spell

pick up a leaf

sit down and hold it up to the light and rest

shogun_316

Everyone is sorta right, but you really gotta have a certain air about you. People will see you go by and just know you're going somewhere but that you are in control of the time. You don't need to hurry, but you probably won't stop either.

casapulla2001

I'd say it's more in-between a meander, and just moving along.

A stroll is a leisurely walk, with a point. To enjoy the sights, or air, or the person you're with... next to, talking.

A mosey is slow, ramble, maybe even awkward way of getting to a Point B.. in no amount of time, and a little lazily, too...

Drop short and duck

Just mosey along will you. Just get the hell out of here will you. Slip a cog or two and shift your butt. Just pull the lead out and get a move on dickstick.

Edg1

In some towns a mosey can get you arrested for vagrancy. It's like mopery.Like if you appear to be wandering around with no particular destination or point of origin.
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My stepson came to Reno for a visit on the bus. While walking to our house he was confronted by the cops and made to prove he had someplace to go and was in fact on his way to there at the time.

Dr Awkward

yep.... ha ha.. is that it?

Definition and synonyms for mosey, according to answers.com
"To walk at a leisurely pace: amble, meander, perambulate, promenade, ramble, saunter, stroll, wander."

There ya go.

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kwflamingo

Yes.

Ja Ma

the word "mosey" originated in the new world and is likely derived from the spanish word vamos. it means "to leave" and has come to mean to leave in a leisurely fashion. incidentally, the word indian used to refer to native americans is derived from the spanish word indigenus which means indigenous peoples. contrary to popular belief it does not arise from the mistaken belief that they are from india or that the new world was india.

Indred Cold

LIKE A STROLL , BUT WITH AN INTENTIONAL DESTINATION IN MIND. NOT HURRIED .

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