mo'

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mo'

  • /moʊ/ US

Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

From its non-rhotic pronunciation. Compare fo' (“for; four”), ho (“whore”). Related to, though not directly descended from, obsolete mo with the same meaning.

adjective mo

  1. dialectal, pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of more, representing non-rhotic AAVE English. But the people are great han's for religion, and it's a common saying they got mo' religion an' less morals than yo'll find anywhere else in the world.

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mo'. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mo'

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@misc{mo_2026,
  title = {mo'},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mo'},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}