Etymologies
- Cantonese 魔怪 (mo1 gwaai3). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In the store of the aged Mr. Wing (Keye Luke), Rand acquires a strange and adorable creature called a "mogwai", whom Rand christens "Gizmo" and gives to Billy as a pet.”
“I may be a conservative and have a natural urge to hate everything but dammit who could deny the cuteness of the mogwai?”
“His old mogwai Gizmo ends up the building and somehow gets wet, and Bill and company have to save the day once again from the evil gremlins that spawn.”
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“A cynic might suspect excess media coaching, but then it's not an easy thing to go on "Today" and discuss your inner "gremlins" -- which Spitzer said he was in the process of confronting, as though he were a cartoon action hero battling malevolent mogwai.”
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“Nobody cares about Yoda because he looks like a bad CG mogwai got it on with a gremlin.”
“Last year for Xmas, my little sister got me a 1: 1 scale plush toy of Gizmo, the cute and cuddly mogwai that indirectly unleashed hell in a small Middle America town on Christmas Eve.”
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“But then if they do and with the added 3D to provide more visual mayhem it will no doubt be a big hit, with those who loved it originally turning out for more mogwai fun, myself included.”
“Sorry, the video included multiple examples of my pet peeve with the massive mogwai-when-wet explosion of fair-weather cycling in the city these days: fixter douchebags meandering through stopped cars without looking into the lane/space they are darting into to see if another cyclist i know, they are individuals and unique and soooooo fast is coming.”
“At least Gremlins 2 didn't have a melodramatic monologue that even made the man and his mogwai uncomfortable.”
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“Billy (Zach Galligan) gets an exotic Christmas present from Dad called a mogwai.”
Eric’s Top 10 Non-Christmas Christmas Movies » Scene-Stealers
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mogwai’.
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Fictional beasties
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KlinkKlonk's Words
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Dain's Words
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Speech Bubble
Words from Cartoons, Comics, and Kid Stuffs
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M'ogle
As to feature the creature "mog".
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gorgonglare's list
the best
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permacouture's Words
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Asian mythical creatures and deities
abarimon, mogwai, uchaishravas, sarama, nandi bull, mayura, maha-pudma, kamadhenu, jarita, iravati, hamsa, erawan and 44 more...
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