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a UK subscriber suggested this word to me. is it in common use? it would seem to lend itself only to sarcasm.
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When someone is lamenting about some minor disappointment, one might say, "Ahhh. Diddums." I guess the intent is to take a gentle poke at them for being a bit babyish, but I would say that it is not meant to be hurtful.
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What USns might say, "Poor baby"?
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What a terrific word for 'poor baby'! I wouldn't say 'poor baby' to anybody, but diddums, I would.
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I don't know how common (or not) this is, but when one of us kids was doing a hollywood over something, my mother would often say "Diddums wazzums chooo". Sarcastically or ironically, depending on context, I guess.
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And, pfranz, 'doing a Hollywood over something' is a useful phrase, too. Plan on using it first chance I get.
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"Diddums wazzums chooo
this reminds me of some song...? diddum diddum wattum choo...
anybody?
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Three Little FishiesDown in a meadow In an itty bitty pool Swam three little fishies And a mommy fishie too Swim said the momma fishie, Swim if you can So they swam and they swam Right over the damn Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo And they swam and they swam Right over the damn. Stop cried the mommy fish Or you will get lost But the three little fishies Didn't wanna be bossed The three little fishies Went off on a spree And they swam and they swam Right out to the sea Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo And they swam and they swam Right out to the sea Wee squealed the fishies We're havin some fun We'll swim in the sea Till the day is done They swam and they swam Until it was dark When all of a sudden They saw shark Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Till all of a sudden They saw a shark Help cried the fishies Look at the whale And quick as they could They turned on their tail And back to the itty bitty pool they swam And they swam and they swam Back over the damn Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo And they swam and they swam Back over the damn This is the one I remember hearing - one link said it was from 1939 - a little before my time but
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Oh, thank you, Nancy! My mother used to sing that--no wonder CK's mother's phrase sounded familiar to me, too! Though she didn't sing it AT me--*I* was a good girl. <eg> Mercy--obviously that song got world-wide playing!
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That song is one that drives the Reverend Lawrence Shannon up the wall as he acts as the tour guide through Mexico for the Baptist college ladies who keep singing it and other nursery songs. "Fantastic, fantastic..." he keeps mumbling to himself. Burton is brilliant as Shannon in "Night of the Iguana."
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Three Little Fishiesthat's it! thanks, Nancy!! although, this song is definitely an earworm, so I may be mad at you later...
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You're darned tootin' it is, eta! I've had those 3 lines (well, one, really) running through my head off and on all day, through an afternoon of shopping and then watching the Kentucky Derby (on TV).
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You're darned tootin' it is, eta! I've had those 3 lines (well, one, really) running through my head off and on all day, through an afternoon of shopping and then watching the Kentucky Derby (on TV).
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In reply to:
You're darned tootin'
I think I've only ever heard this on Westerns before. I understand it as an emphatic agreement, but why should it be?
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You're darned tootin'
only ever heard this on Westerns
And even then, only from the grizzled old sidekick.
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but why should it be? Why shouldn't it be, gol-durn it?
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All right, I'll rephrase the question: Where does the expression 'darned tootin" come from?
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From a mommy and daddy expression that loved each other very much?
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No, I like Kentucky. Seems ... right, somehow ...
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