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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread not grassed but gussied #63753 04/05/2002 1:34 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Not precisely the same phrase, except perhaps by phonetic analogy, but does anyone know where the similar-sounding "gussied up" comes from? It's used to mean "made to look pretty, at least superficially." Presumably there was once a personage named Gussie? There is a scene in A Tree Grows in Brooklyninvolving "giving baby the Gussie," but that doesn't really sound like quite the relevant source... Any ideas? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Grassed Up hev 04/04/2002 2:43 AM Re: Grassed Up zootsuit 04/04/2002 7:14 AM Re: Grassed Up RhubarbCommando 04/04/2002 11:15 AM Re: Grassed Up wwh 04/04/2002 2:06 PM Re: Grassed Up WhitmanO'Neill 04/04/2002 2:21 PM Re: Grassed Up hev 04/04/2002 11:08 PM Re: Grassed Up - the noses have it. zootsuit 04/05/2002 3:19 AM not grassed but gussied wofahulicodoc 04/05/2002 1:34 AM Re: not grassed but gussied Jackie 04/05/2002 2:18 AM Re: gussied and dressed Angel 04/05/2002 2:53 AM Re: Dressed to the Nines zootsuit 04/05/2002 3:30 AM Re: dressed to the nines hev 04/05/2002 3:44 AM Re: dressed to the nines WhitmanO'Neill 04/05/2002 4:37 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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