go moggy
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Derived from the Unimog, a brand of rugged four-wheel drive trucks popular in rural areas of South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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go moggy (third-person singular simple present goes moggy, present participle going moggy, simple past went moggy, past participle gone moggy)
- (chiefly South Africa, Zimbabwe, idiomatic, colloquial) To go without restraint; to go wild; to be adventurous.
- (chiefly South Africa, Zimbabwe, idiomatic, colloquial) To go crazy; to be somewhat delirious.
- (chiefly South Africa, Zimbabwe, idiomatic, colloquial) (usually in the past tense, as in "gone moggy") To become broken, disorganized or dysfunctional.