Hmm. zmjezhd--(or anyone really)--not really a word question, but is this a cultural characteristic? i know it is common in irish culture, (and now in Scots) is it a celtic cultural tradition? that has spread --in urban areas--to other cultures?
that the scots have a word for it, and so do the irish..
(i have no idea where the term dozens came/comes from. i just remember "playing" dozens. and that is was common (not just in street life, but at home my parents/relatives did the same thing..

to a point of calling overweight relative's "tiny" or tall ones "shorty" (little jim was one of the taller members of the family (over 6 foot) --a cousin who was a priest was called the sinner.. and so on.

my other obsession