Meaning & use
moi
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Used jokingly or with mock surprise to refer to oneself, as in 'who, me?'
See it in a sentence
"You're the one who ate the last slice?" "Moi? Never."
She raised an eyebrow and said, "Moi, worried? Not at all."
A note on using this word
Borrowed from French; in English it's used playfully or sarcastically, almost always with exaggerated innocence, not as a literal translation of 'me.'
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