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In British English, "moorish" (often hyphenated or spelled "more-ish") describes food that is so tasty you want more, playing on the word "Moor" and "more".

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1mo ago

ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅ ᴍᴏᴏʀ ɪꜱ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴅᴀᴍᴘ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ʀᴏʟʟɪɴɢ ʜɪʟʟꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀɴʏ ꜱᴘʀɪɴɢꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʀᴇᴇᴋꜱ, ᴏꜰᴛᴇɴ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴘᴇᴀᴛ ʙᴏɢꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇᴍ. ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏɴ ɪɴ ɪʀᴇʟᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴛꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴇɴɢʟᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴄᴏᴛʟᴀɴᴅ.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅ "Mᴏᴏʀ" ᴀɴᴅ "Mᴏᴏʀɪꜱʜ" ʀᴇꜰᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ɴᴏᴍᴀᴅɪᴄ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴏꜰᴛᴇɴ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɪʙᴇʀɪᴀɴ ᴘᴇɴɪɴꜱᴜʟᴀ ᴀɴᴅ "ᴍᴀɢʜʀᴇʙ" ᴏʀ ɴᴏʀᴛʜ ᴡᴇꜱᴛ ᴀꜰʀɪᴄᴀ, ᴍᴏʀᴏᴄᴄᴏ, ᴍᴀᴜʀɪᴛᴀɴɪᴀ, ʟɪʙʏᴀ, ᴡᴇꜱᴛ ᴀꜰʀɪᴄᴀ. ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅ "ᴍᴀʀᴜꜱꜱɪᴀɴ" ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪꜱ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ.

ɪᴛ'ꜱ ǫᴜɪᴛᴇ ꜰᴜɴɴʏ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅ ɢᴏᴛ ꜱᴛᴜᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ʙᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀꜱᴛ. ʙᴏɢɢʏ ʜɪʟʟꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴜᴅᴇꜱ ʀɪᴅɪɴɢ ᴄᴀᴍᴇʟꜱ ɪɴ ᴅᴇꜱᴇʀᴛ ᴍᴏʀᴏᴄᴄᴏ.

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Amelia 1mo ago

Yes, I am aware of the meanings. I'm more than familiar with the English language, you know, being English and stuff🎩. It's interesting to note however, that because Americans don't speak English, I mean, they do of a fashion but they speak "American English", when nostr:nprofile1qqsd9pqnwyshrse7z975h5ynptq9ktz3kv8txqs7lr20zgelqtys52cpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9nhwden5te0dehhxarjv4kxjar9wvhx7un89uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0yqwdjn checked on chat GPT (I don't use it myself) but one of the Premier LLM's failed to unearth the fact that "Moorish" can also mean "Lovely food that you just want more and more of", in British parlance🤷🏻‍♂️.

YODL 1mo ago

Completely absent, surprising find