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mossback 

A slang term used to refer to those, often from the Pacific Northwest, who prefer drizzly, overcast weather to sunshine. The term alludes to these people preferring to spend so much time out of the sun that moss grows on their backs.
"What do you mean you don't want to hang at the beach?! It's gloriously sunny in Seattle!"
"I don't know, man. I'm kind of a mossback. I miss the rain. I can just hang inside with a sweater and a good book."
mossback by R. Pompeo March 17, 2016
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cloth bag made out of any material and made to a specific pattern to be used instead of plastic shopping bags.
Morsbags are being made by volunteers and distributed free in front of supermarkets
morsbag by willywagtail February 25, 2008
Someone very, very drunk or who has taken a lot of drugs, or, a very strange and borderline scary person or persons.
"Who the fuck brought this messbag to my house!!?"

"Oh my god Joel and Andrea are the biggest messbags i have ever met! Can you believe all this frollicing and karaoke!?"

"This place is messbag central."
messbag by sporter21 December 10, 2007

Old Mossback 

A legendary and giant snapping turtle in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Old Mossback by taylez April 9, 2008
Of or pertaining to a homosexual's message marked by overly excited remarks like "OMFG" or "holy Cher that was amazing". Usually the font is a dead giveaway consisting of large, curvy pink letters all in caps.
The word is pronounced: (moe')-ssage i.e. homomessage minus the ho and replacement of the me.
Yestarday I checked Tom Cruise's away mossage and it said, "OMFG BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN IS COMING OUT SOON I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE TWO HOTT MEN KISSING...p.s. i love you katie."
Mossage by Matthew Brian December 5, 2005

mossback 

a very conservative or reactionary person, especially one with old fashioned beliefs or values
I don't need to listen to an old mossback to know that things are messed up.