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Re: Doh!
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Fri, 22 Jun 2001 19:18:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Low writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > Anyways, WOW, Larry used "doi!" I haven't seen or said that in
> > at least 15 years. It's right up there with "durrrrrrr"! It is
> > in my experience a derivative of "duh," but only in the sense
> > of "well, *duh*"--sarcasm, usually applied to the self. I know
> > my sister and I switched over to it when our exaggerated "duuuuh"
> > and handflapping made my mother a bit annoyed because we were
> > "picking on the handicapped." (Saying something was "retarded"
> > garnered the same admonishment.) So it's sort of like "D'oh" for
> > "d--n"--with an analagous relationship to "duh". But that's just
> > my opinion, I Could Be Wrong.
Hey, now that you mention it, wasn't there a character in Archie comics
called "Big Moose", a big dumb blond guy (please, no offense anyone!) who was
always scratching his head and saying, "Duh..."?
> "Durrr!!" is a playground favorite in Australia, usually accompanied by the
> tongue in the lower lip, and "Durr-brain" is a fairly common insult. Like
> "you spastic!!" it's a disability based putdown.
They say "durrr!" a lot in "Bridget Jones' Diary" (the book-- I haven't seen
the movie), which takes place in greater London, I believe. They also seem to
like to say "Chuh!"-- whatever THAT means....
Maggie
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| (...) I think it was just "Moose", but he did say, "Duh." He'd beat the stuffings out of Archie every time Archie was unfortunate enough to stumble across Moose's girlfriend. I did know a guy named Moose...I remember him picking up a piano and (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) "Durrr!!" is a playground favorite in Australia, usually accompanied by the tongue in the lower lip, and "Durr-brain" is a fairly common insult. Like "you spastic!!" it's a disability based putdown. --DaveL (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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