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The Holy Grail of Aussie slang
I was looking up the origin of, "Put a moz on...." and found this scholarly website at the Australian National University. Pure heaven!
https://slll.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/andc/meanings-origins/a
moz: put the moz on
To exert a malign influence upon (a person), to jinx. Moz is an abbreviated form of mozzle, which is derived from the Hebrew word mazzal meaning 'luck'. It probably came into Australian English via German Yiddish speakers. Put the moz on is recorded from the 1920s.
1963 H. Porter The Watcher on a Cast-Iron Balcony: Mother is wishing Miss Brewer some female ill, is putting the mozz on her.
2001 S. Strevens The Things We Do: 'You prick!' she yelled at me. 'I've got a heap riding on the head and you put the mozz on me'.
To exert a malign influence upon (a person), to jinx. Moz is an abbreviated form of mozzle, which is derived from the Hebrew word mazzal meaning 'luck'. It probably came into Australian English via German Yiddish speakers. Put the moz on is recorded from the 1920s.
1963 H. Porter The Watcher on a Cast-Iron Balcony: Mother is wishing Miss Brewer some female ill, is putting the mozz on her.
2001 S. Strevens The Things We Do: 'You prick!' she yelled at me. 'I've got a heap riding on the head and you put the mozz on me'.
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