• BarqsHasBite@lemmy.caOP
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    1 year ago

    1829, “move off or away, get out,” American English slang, of unknown origin, perhaps related to British dialectal mose about “go around in a dull, stupid way.” Or perhaps from some abbreviation of Spanish vamos (see vamoose). Related: Moseyed; moseying.

    Seems a little long reach to vamos.