Moll (slang)
Moll/Mole/Molly is a slang term with two different meanings in two places: For the American sense, see gun moll. The remainder of this article describes the Australian sense. Etymology and spelling. "Moll" derives from "Molly", used as a euphemism for "whore" or "prostitute". The Oxford English Dictionary lists the earliest usage in a 1604 quote by Thomas Middleton: "None of these common Molls neither, but discontented and unfortunate gentlewomen." The existence of the popular derivative spelling, "mole", likely reflects the word's history as a spoken, rather than written, insult. Popular usage of this spelling can  be seen in the name of The Comedy Company character Kylie Mole. Another example can be seen in a poem by Kevin Munro: "'That Dee will have our jobs; she's a fair dinkum mole!'". The author suggests that this spelling doesn't carry the underworld connotations of the much older "moll" variant. In popular culture. "In Your Eyes" is a 2014 film (dramedy/romance) about two people, a woman (Zoe Kazan plays Rebecca Porter) and a man (Michael Stahl-David plays Dylan Kershaw) who are spiritually and psychologically connected from a young age then come to realize each other  as young adults delving into deep emotional and psychological issues of the heart and mind yet never having met in person. The male star refers to a female bar patron as a "Moll". "Puberty Blues" was a 1981 movie based on the autobiographical novel by Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey about their experiences of being 13-year-old girls on Sydney's southern beaches. In the novel, movie and television series, girls were referred to as molls, bush pigs, top chicks or glam mags. The term was again popularised following the 2012 television series "Puberty Blues", based on the same  novel. ""Game on, moles!"" became a popular catchcry in 2006, after scheming contestant Anna used it on Australian reality television show "Big Brother". It spawned a range of novelty products such as T-shirts. The phrase has since been quoted in many Australian reality television programs: Contestants on the 2009 reality television show "Aussie Ladette to Lady" have often been described as molls. In 2016, a contestant on reality television series The Block verbally abused her fellow contestant and life partner, by exclaiming ""You’re a f**king moll!"". The slang term has also lent itself to wordplay with homophonous terms , such as by character Kath from "Kath & Kim": "Kim loves to make a mountain out of a molehill. And in this case there are two moles, Kylie and Danii Bolton. I know the pair of them. Pieces of works, both of them." Kel, another character on the show, says the following to supporting character, Sandy Freckle, during an argument: "You're not a freckle, you're a mole!"