different between josh vs mosh

English

Etymology

Of disputed origin, but first attested in the mid-19th century as a verb. The earliest example is capitalized, so it is likely a nickname of the proper name Joshua (see more there). Perhaps it was taken as a typical name of an old farmer.

Noun

josh (plural joshes)

1. An instance of good-natured banter.

Verb

josh (third-person singular simple present joshes, present participle joshing, simple past and past participle joshed)

1. (transitive) To tease someone in a kindly or friendly fashion.
2. (intransitive) To make or exchange good-natured jokes.
   • 1902: We are old friends, did I not tell you? So I may, what you Americans call, josh with him. — Jack London, A Daughter of the Snows
   • 2013, Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' (in The Guardian, 13 September 2013)[1]

     Boris, it seems, is taking it in this spirit, joshing beneath his ever-redeeming barnet that Labour's opposition to military action in Syria is a fey stance that he, as GQ politician of the year, would never be guilty of.

Translations

Derived terms

• josher
• joshingly

References

• “josh” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *j?udsja, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyewd?- (compare Lithuanian jáudinti (“to excite, arouse”), Polish judzi? (“to incite”), Latin jubere (“to order”)).

Verb

josh (first-person singular past tense josha, participle joshur)

1. to fondle, caress
2. to entice, seduce

Derived terms

• joshë

English

Etymology

Possibly an alteration or deformation of mash.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

mosh (third-person singular simple present moshes, present participle moshing, simple past and past participle moshed)

1. (intransitive) To dance by intentionally jumping into and colliding with other, similarly behaving dancers, and performing other wild, aggressive, or spastic movements.
   • 2005 July 28, Kelefa Sanneh, “Heat, Good Cheer, Jagged Music and Even Some Melody”, New York Times

     From 9 in the morning (when It Dies Today played the lot) until 9 at night (when Ozzy Osbourne led Black Sabbath on the main stage), hardy fans cheered and moshed and staggered through a stifling but often exciting day.

2. (transitive) To intentionally jump into and collide with another, similarly behaving dancer at a concert.

Synonyms

• slam
• slam-dance
• thrash

Derived terms

• mosh circle
• mosher
• mosh pit

Translations

See also

• slam dance
• slam dancing

Anagrams

• H.M.S.O., HMOs, Homs, OHMS, mhos, ohms

Aromanian

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly a substratum term or related to Albanian moshë. Compare Romanian mo?.

Noun

mosh m (plural mosh, feminine equivalent moashi)

1. old man

Synonyms

• bitãrnu
• aush
• pap
• tot