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OP While watching the Inspector Lindley series on PBS two sundays ago, the word 'mokita' was spray painted on a wall. It was the clue that broke the mystery.
I found the meaning for "mokita": something, especially a secret, that everyone knows but nobody talks about. But I have not been able to find where the word comes from.
In Spanish we have a term, 'mosquita muerta', which means, literally, a dead fly; one that gets swatted, is stunned and lays dormant, but then flies off. It describes a person that is seen but not heard and is always listening to what is being said; then goes off and gossips about what has been heard. I suppose the English translation would be a "fly on the wall." I thought the difference in spelling mokita/mosquita was not that important.
Can you tell me where this very interesting word comes from?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted mokita laurafmcc 09/20/06 12:04 PM Re: mokita tsuwm 09/20/06 01:09 PM Re: mokita belligerentyouth 09/20/06 01:36 PM Re: mokita tsuwm 09/20/06 03:02 PM Re: mokita Jackie 09/20/06 03:46 PM Re: gloss tsuwm 09/20/06 04:52 PM Re: gloss zmjezhd 09/20/06 11:43 PM Re: mokita RodolfoC 09/26/06 01:24 PM Re: mokita Zed 09/26/06 10:48 PM Re: mokita Jackie 09/27/06 11:45 AM
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