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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread doozie #68486 05/02/2002 9:36 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia johnjohn member johnjohn member Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia where does this word come from? I don't remember coming across it growing up in UK, and the only use I 've seen of it in Aus is I think in an USn context. What does it mean literally? jj Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #68487 05/02/2002 9:46 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doozie #68488 05/02/2002 10:01 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean http://www.duesenbergmotors.com/ Now, THAT'S a doozie. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doozie #68489 05/02/2002 10:12 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia johnjohn member johnjohn member Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia Hmmmmm. that guy Bob sounds like he's on drugs - weird drugs at that - his explanation does seem a bit...er...unbelievable? So the modern day equivalent expression would be "that's a real humvie"?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doozie #68490 05/02/2002 10:49 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory In reply to: The New Dictionary of American Slang says the Duesenberg was considered such a desirable product that it gave rise to the noun “doozie,” which means a person or thing that is remarkable, wonderful and superior. From http://detnews.com/autosweekly/0008/02/lead/lead.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #68491 05/02/2002 11:00 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #68492 05/02/2002 11:05 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doozie #68493 05/02/2002 12:13 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Now, THAT'S a doozie. Consuelo, it took four minutes to download - and every minute worth the waiting. What a beauty! It certainly makes the expression under consideration accolades of the highest order! EDIT: It also has just occurred to me that in 1950s/60s Nigeria, (well, in Lagos, anyway) the local population used the word "Jaguar" (pronounced 'Jag-wah') in exactly the same way - to express extreme merit. This was, most definitely, a reference to the Jaguar motor car, ownership of which was looked on as the highest pinnacle of ambition. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doozie #68494 05/02/2002 12:40 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park well, Johnjohn, re: So the modern day equivalent expression would be "that's a real humvie"?, we still use an the word edsel to describe something that is a total flop.. i don't think i could identify an edsel if you showed me a line up of 1957-58 cars.. but i know is some thing is an edsel, its a flop! car terms are a real part of US slang, aussie slang too, and lots of countries as well! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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