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Does someone using the term "doozy" in print annoy you?

SDET

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It does me, because the correct term is "Duesy", as in Duesenberg. It was the eighty years ago equivalent of saying something like "the Cadillac of supermarkets" for example; meaning that it is the best. I presume one could use the term "Duesy" to be great or grand. But "doozy" just means that the author is an idiot.

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SDET said:
It does me, because the correct term is "Duesy", as in Duesenberg. It was the eighty years ago equivalent of saying something like "the Cadillac of supermarkets" for example; meaning that it is the best. I presume one could use the term "Duesy" to be great or grand. But "doozy" just means that the author is an idiot.

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Ummmm, just sayin'...

From Merriam Webster online:

Did You Know?
While it's often maintained that the word doozy derives from the "Duesenberg" in the name of the famed Duesenberg Motor Company, this is impossible on chronological grounds. Doozy was first recorded (in the form dozy) in eastern Ohio in 1916, four years before the Duesenberg Motor Company began to manufacture passenger cars; the related adjective doozy, meaning "stylish" or "splendid," is attested considerably earlier, in 1903. So where did doozy come from? Etymologists believe that it's an altered form of the word daisy, which was used especially in the late 1800s as a slang term for someone or something considered the best.
 
It doesn't annoy me because the word actually is "doozy". I'm not familiar with its origins but words evolve over time and in the year 2016 it is spelled "doozy".
 
SDET said:
It does me, because the correct term is "Duesy", as in Duesenberg. It was the eighty years ago equivalent of saying something like "the Cadillac of supermarkets" for example; meaning that it is the best. I presume one could use the term "Duesy" to be great or grand. But "doozy" just means that the author is an idiot.

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Of course, Websters knows "doozy" but does not know "Duezy". On the other hand, Urban Dictionary knows both.
 
MaggieD said:
Ummmm, just sayin'...

From Merriam Webster online:

Did You Know?
While it's often maintained that the word doozy derives from the "Duesenberg" in the name of the famed Duesenberg Motor Company, this is impossible on chronological grounds. Doozy was first recorded (in the form dozy) in eastern Ohio in 1916, four years before the Duesenberg Motor Company began to manufacture passenger cars; the related adjective doozy, meaning "stylish" or "splendid," is attested considerably earlier, in 1903. So where did doozy come from? Etymologists believe that it's an altered form of the word daisy, which was used especially in the late 1800s as a slang term for someone or something considered the best.
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Now I know why I post here. It's good to get intelligent critical reviews of long held notions.
 
SDET said:
It does me, because the correct term is "Duesy", as in Duesenberg. It was the eighty years ago equivalent of saying something like "the Cadillac of supermarkets" for example; meaning that it is the best. I presume one could use the term "Duesy" to be great or grand. But "doozy" just means that the author is an idiot.

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I for one had never made the connection between "doozy" and "Duesenberg". Thanks for the etymology - I do appreciate that.
 
Does it annoy anyone when somebody get's all bent over something, goes on a mini-tirade, but in fact is completely WRONG about the thing they got their panties in a twist about in the first place?

Not me, I think it's friggen hilarious.
 
Dragonfly said:
Does it annoy anyone when somebody get's all bent over something, goes on a mini-tirade, but in fact is completely WRONG about the thing they got their panties in a twist about in the first place?

Not me, I think it's friggen hilarious.
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I'm glad that you think learning is hilarious. That's why you post things: to see what the responses are. You shouldn't push for people to keep quiet on these things.
 
Dragonfly said:
Does it annoy anyone when somebody get's all bent over something, goes on a mini-tirade, but in fact is completely WRONG about the thing they got their panties in a twist about in the first place?

Not me, I think it's friggen hilarious.
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We all get things wrong sometimes. Hell, I am wrong about something on almost a yearly basis.

;)
 
MaggieD said:
Ummmm, just sayin'...

From Merriam Webster online:

Did You Know?
While it's often maintained that the word doozy derives from the "Duesenberg" in the name of the famed Duesenberg Motor Company, this is impossible on chronological grounds. Doozy was first recorded (in the form dozy) in eastern Ohio in 1916, four years before the Duesenberg Motor Company began to manufacture passenger cars; the related adjective doozy, meaning "stylish" or "splendid," is attested considerably earlier, in 1903. So where did doozy come from? Etymologists believe that it's an altered form of the word daisy, which was used especially in the late 1800s as a slang term for someone or something considered the best.
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That was a doozy of an explanation!!
 
This is a doozy of a thread :)

I do appreciate how well the OP takes it, though. I like people who aren't afraid to learn something new, ego be darned. They're the kind of people who are fun to drink with.
 
SDET said:
I'm glad that you think learning is hilarious. That's why you post things: to see what the responses are. You shouldn't push for people to keep quiet on these things.
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Twist is any way you wish.

You stated that people who used the term "doozy" were idiots. You were judging people about something you were actually completely ignorant about.

I believe at this point you may wish to either apologize to some people, or at least admit you were the idiot.
 
some people still have a conditioned reaction from their days at school to issue condemnations for the most frivolous of linguistic infractions. nah, i decided pedants don't interest me. when i was in second grade 1984 i knew there would be spell checkers by the time i grew up. memorizing a bunch of subjective blather just makes you more stupid. people literally learn to be even dumber than they were born to be.

people need to be given an antidote for the brainwashing they accept before they should be allowed to graduate high school.

antidote
"the only truth that can exist, exists independently of you and your belief of it."

"experts learn they know nothing when they become experts because everything they could know can only be a subjective delusion anyway."
 
I don't like the words "pagoda" or "gazebo". Why can't they just call them "Little Huts"?
 
BlackCat said:
shanties?
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Not a fan of that word either. It sounds like Panties except for crappy houses. Although I do enjoy the word panties. Sometimes when I'm walking around at the supermarket or WalMart, I just say the word "panties" at random. I don't know why people act so bothered by it.
 
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