Phrases & SayingsEveryday life
put the mozz on
Also: put the moz on, put the mozzle on, put the mozzer on, put the mockers on
Jinx, thwart or spoil someone's chances.
In a sentence
Don’t praise the horse yet—you’ll put the mozz on it.
Where it came from
Moz is shortened from mozzle and ultimately linked to Hebrew mazzal, luck, probably through Yiddish. Put the moz on is recorded from the 1920s; mozz is a common spelling variant.
- First recorded
- 1920s
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Australia-wide