moi
Playfully coy self-indication
Moi is a playful or ironic way of saying "me," borrowed from French.
It's typically used to feign innocence, express mock surprise, or add theatrical flair: Moi, jealous? Never!
The word often appears in the phrase moi? as a one-word response suggesting "who, me?" with exaggerated disbelief.
It was popularized in English by Miss Piggy of the Muppets, whose diva persona made heavy use of French affectations.
First-person object pronoun
- myselfFirst-person reflexive pronoun
- IFirst-person subject pronoun
- egoOne's self-image
- identityWho someone is
persona · self-awareness · introspection · consciousness · individuality · autonomy · agency · subjectivity
Faculty of rational thought
- vousFrench second-person formal
- pronounNoun's grammatical replacement
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
- francophoneNative speaker of French
first-person · accent · chic · flair · affectation · pretension · ironic · playful
Dual-length haircut
- threadfinFish with elongated fin rays
- game fishSpecies sought by anglers
- tropical fishWarm-water ornamental species
- silveryPale metallic sheen
schooling · aquaculture · fingerlings · spawning · fillets · delicacy
me
First-person object pronoun
identity · persona · self-awareness · introspection · consciousness · individuality · autonomy · agency · subjectivity · inner self
nous
Faculty of rational thought
francophone · first-person · accent · chic · flair · affectation · pretension · ironic · playful · Miss Piggy
mullet
Dual-length haircut
- threadfinFish with elongated fin rays
- game fishSpecies sought by anglers
- tropical fishWarm-water ornamental species
silvery · schooling · aquaculture · fingerlings · spawning · fillets · delicacy