Mo ses

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Many of the gentile persuasion in the SLC area have taken to calling members of the church "Mo's."

Well, the truth is that being called a Mo isn't so bad. While it's not exactly a term of endearment, Mo beats some of the other things I've been called--lots of them by fellow Mo's. To ease the tension, between Mos and gentiles, I've come up with a brief Mo Lexicon. Practice these terms, learn to be comfortable with your Mo-ism.

MO - Mormon
NO MO - Non-Mormon
MO NO MO - Apostate
MO NOPOLY - Utah
MO TOWN - Provo
MO PEDS - People walking across the street to Temple Square or the MTC in Provo.
MO HAIR - Missionary standards haircut.
PO MO - A financially challenged Mormon
MO LASSES - Mormon Babes!!
MO TEL - Bishop's interview, tithing settlement.
SU MO - Grad of BYU Law School
MO GUL - Large white Utah bird frequently seen in Church history books, parking lots and dumps.
MO RALLY - Third quarter BYU drive against the U of U.
MO SEY - LDS sense of time. See also LOCO MO TION.
LOCO MO TION - Post-game exodus from Cougar Stadium.
MO NOGOMY - LDS marriage practices.
MO TIF - Two or more Mormons engaged in a heated difference of opinion.
MO LDIE - Older LDS member, temple worker, etc.

And my personal favorite (probably because it's my creation)

MO MO Missourian Mormon

Contributed by Rich

In the past few weeks, the Mo-mania struck the Institute's student e-mail list, and there were brief exchanges of what was called "Mo ses."

Here are a few of what we came up with.

MO SIAH - Italian member's expression of dismay
MO TION - What LDS do to coffee, tea, tobacco and alcoholic drinks
MO B - deseret
MO BILE - more healthy than other bile because of low alcohol consumption and the positive affect this affords the liver.
MO BIUS - a proud aclamation of one's LDS'ness
MO BIUS STRIP - only performed in modest or appropriate circumstances.
MO DEL - where the Mormon farmer hangs out
MO DERN - a western LDS cuss word - softer than "fetch"
MO DIFY - to be in open rebellion
MO DULATE - how outsiders refer to "Mormon Standard Time"
MO DULE - since killing isn't allowed, it usually amounts to scripture chase
MO HAWK - political faction opposed to the MO DOVES
MO HICAN - an strong supposition that a particular male LDS is able to do the task in question
NO MO MO - What Governer Boggs tried to achieve.
NO MO MO MO - What Governer Boggs tried to achieve and the state in which he tried to achieve it.
MO LDS - What we get when we do our missionary work and from "filling the measure of our creation". <note> The emphasis in conference was on the retention of the MO LDS. (MO for "more")

Mo bile (pronunciation of the town): Tithing.
Mo cking: Gordon B. Hinckley.
Mo ccasin: Drinking coffee.
Mo dal: cf. molasses.
Mo lar: One who doesn't do his hometeaching, but says he does.
Mo narch: A Mormon DEA Agent.
Mo nophobia: Why Mormons have so many kids.
Mo notony: The Ward choir.
Mo ra: Go [insert favorite team(s) here]!
Mo rat: Ex-FBI Special Agent Richard (???) Miller.
Mo reover: One's pet dog.
Mo ro, mo rro, mo rrow: Where a pew is found.
Mo rose: Singular of morosis, plural of moro et al.
Mo rosis: Flowers that adorn the church podium.
Mo saic: Needs to call the Elders for a blessing.
Mo slem: Salt Lake City's West Side.
Mo selle: Life Insurance.

Contributed by Mark

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