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Tiny idiotic debate

  
 
Mazarine
00:39 / 03.04.02
Make no mistake, it is tiny, and it is idiotic, and the stupidest part is I'm actually arguing with someone about it. Which is the more potent force, moxie or gusto?
 
 
Utopia
02:03 / 03.04.02
gusto, of course, and the reason why is simple: moxie is an attribute generally associated with women, while gusto is the more manly of the two. everybody knows women are inferior, so gusto wins.

i can't wait to see the reaction to this...
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
04:46 / 03.04.02
Mazarine, I pity you. You've got yourself embroiled in a never-ending debate that can only spiral into hideous violence. You have my full sympathy.
Remember the old question- "what happens when irresistible moxie hits immovable gusto?" Imagine Captain Kirk asking a computer that. Poor wee thing'd explode.
My advice? Whichever side you're on, admit defeat and live to fight another day.
 
 
higuita
09:01 / 03.04.02
No! Never admit defeat - continue arguing until the pub closes!

Then continue the next night, until they give in due to the unstoppable force of your pigheadedness. You know you're right.

That's how I argue with the missus anyhow. Sometimes it even works.

Lit def: Gusto - Vigourous (is that spelt right - I can't be asked going back to the dictionary again) enjoyment, zest or relish. Also has something to do with the Spanish word for taste.
Moxie - Not even in there. Potent force. Hah! So potent it remains unacknowledged by the Collins English Dictionary, which recognises Gazebo.
 
 
The Return Of Rothkoid
09:09 / 03.04.02
mox·ie
n. Slang
1. The ability to face difficulty with spirit and courage.
2. Aggressive energy; initiative: “His prose has moxie, though it rushes and stumbles from a pent-up surge” (Patricia Hampl).
3. Skill; know-how.

versus


gus·to  
n. pl. gus·toes
1. Vigorous enjoyment; zest. See Synonyms at zest.
2. Individual taste.
3. Archaic. Artistic style.


According to dictionary.com, moxie would be the more potent force as it actually pertains to know-how and skill, whereas gusto is all about style. In a world where style matters, gusto rules with fists of steel, albeit elegantly-gloved ones.

Gusto's also more of an eating thing, too; at the dining table, moxie goes right out the door. Nobody eats with moxie. Whereas gusto is seen in all the best places...
 
 
The Return Of Rothkoid
09:10 / 03.04.02
In case it wasn't clear, I think that moxie would be able to fix a car when it wouldn't work, whereas gusto could entertain people with witty anecdotes for hours. I prefer the latter, frankly.
 
 
higuita
09:30 / 03.04.02
Gusto does seem to have the edge.

However, which is more powerful - Gazebo or gusto?
 
 
The Return Of Rothkoid
09:35 / 03.04.02
I have no idea why, but "gazebo" always makes me think of Isadora Duncan.

Which is slightly disturbing.
 
 
Kit-Cat Club
09:55 / 03.04.02
No, no! Gazebo = Edward Gorey, shurely?
 
 
The Return Of Rothkoid
10:25 / 03.04.02
Nope. I'm definitely getting wafty, floaty overtones with gazebo.

Rotunda, however, is all Gorey.
 
 
Ariadne
10:30 / 03.04.02
gazebo always makes me think of cold tomato soup, due to a verbal mix-up last summer.
 
 
bitchiekittie
11:45 / 03.04.02
moxie is the name of a powerfully nasty-yet-yummy soda. plus it has an "x". Id have to go with moxie
 
 
pointless and uncalled for
12:04 / 03.04.02
My vote lies with moxie. In times like this i always rely on my infalliable method of shoosing the word that scores more in scrabble.

In this case moxie is a hands down ass-kicker.

Problem solved.
 
 
higuita
12:11 / 03.04.02
Ariadne - "gazebo always makes me think of cold tomato soup, due to a verbal mix-up last summer."

Funny that. Whenever I want to get away from it all, I go and sit in my gazpacho. As for Edward Gorey, I'm off to Google to find out what the flying fun you're talking about.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
15:02 / 03.04.02
No, no, no, no, no. You're all going about this in completely the wrong way. Gusto and moxie are all well and good, but gumption is where it's really at. No fuckin' contest.
 
 
bitchiekittie
15:50 / 03.04.02
ew - gumption sounds like a disease inflicting the very old. "Ive got a terrible case of gumption - would you help me dump out my bag?"
 
 
The Return Of Rothkoid
16:12 / 03.04.02
I wonder; is derring-do sort of like the wastrel uncle of moxie and gusto? I certainly picture derring-do with a small, waxed moustache.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
17:39 / 03.04.02
Not being a word in common parlance in Scotland, I had to research "Moxie" and it was apparently a precursor to coke:
JUST MAKE IT A MOXIE FOR MINE!


[Trying to learn to speak html, so sorry if this doesn't come out right... Technothicko here]
 
 
grant
17:49 / 03.04.02
derring-do would be moxie for people who use fish knives and fingerbowls.

Portico is more Gorey than either gazebo or rotunda, possibly.

I prefer gusto to moxie, probably because I think of moxie as more directed, and gusto as more widespread. A lifestyle rather than an attribute. Moxie's got chutzpah, but gusto has joie de vivre, baby.
 
 
pointless and uncalled for
17:51 / 03.04.02
Moxie rhymes with doxie, that's got to be worth a few points.
 
 
alas
20:45 / 03.04.02
and i wish I was in moxie, hoo-ray, hoo-ray . . .

have you ever tasted moxie?--it's got a BITE. But Gusto is Spanish, which leads to Clark Gable, thence to gabled gazebo, and finishes at Che Guevara, garbled Greta Garbo.
 
 
Margin Walker
02:42 / 04.04.02
Portico is more Gorey than either gazebo or rotunda, possibly.

It's also a Bad Religion lyric: "Graduated mentors stroll in marbled brick porticos..."

I prefer Moxie. It's got more chutzpah. More spunk. More balls. And more suspicious euphemisms for male genetalia.

Gusto just reminds me of a very, very elementary Spanish lesson. "¡Me gusto! ¡Me gusto muy bien!! ¿Es estupido, no?"
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
08:58 / 04.04.02
Eee, back when I were a lad, we didn't have gumption. We had to make do with a subtle combination of elbow-grease and aplomb.
And gazebo always makes me think of the Dead Zone. And, in turn, of Lisa Simpson teaching Maggie the word "zebu" (has a hump AND a dewlap, doncha know.)
 
 
higuita
11:06 / 04.04.02
AAAGHH!

I find it quite terrifying that someone else has the same Simpson's mental wallpaper as me. When I opened that dictionary in search of gusto, the word jumped out at me, forcing me to include it. And Lisa's voice played in the back of my head...
'Zebu' 'Zebu'
And I had pictures of a gazelle, which combines with Gazebo and Zebu to the extent that I don't know whether I'm five miles from Tuesday.

I have a friend called Mo.
 
 
The Return Of Rothkoid
09:44 / 05.04.02
ZoCher's picture should be this:


(Almost there - you just forgot the = sign.)
 
  
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