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WWI & WWII related: the Dazzle Camouflage for ships! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage

by yboris 4y ago

chasebank 4y ago
Thanks! That was interesting! Now I know where the phrase razzle dazzle came from!
- jrochkind1 4y ago
  the term seems to pre-date the camo. > The expression was then always in the form of 'give someone the razzle-dazzle', that is, confuse them. The earliest use that I can find of that sense of 'razzle-dazzle' is the US newspaper The Saint Paul Globe, April 1885: >> Sir: As you seem to be in earnest in your efforts to give someone the dazzle-dazzle... [I think that's a typo and the original source is indeed razzle-dazzle as being discussed!] > The expression very quickly came to be used with a more positive intent, that is, where 'razzle-dazzle' was considered to be indicate enjoyment rather than deception. That's found in the Pennsylvania newspaper The Daily Republican, June 1887: >> A meeting at City Hall resolved to celebrate the Fourth [of July] by a general old-time razzle-dazzle. https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/razzle-dazzle.html https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/razzle-dazzle.html
- nmeofthestate 4y ago
  Dazzle is a word - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dazzle https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dazzle
Steve44 4y ago
There was a ship moored on the Thames in London for a few years painted in a modern interpretation of Dazzle. Sadly it was only there for a few years, I used to love seeing it. https://www.1418now.org.uk/commissions/dazzle-ship-london-2/ https://www.1418now.org.uk/commissions/dazzle-ship-london-2/ > The HMS President (1918), one of only three surviving Royal Navy warships from the First World War, was ‘dazzled’ by the German sculptor Tobias Rehberger. One of the most respected European artists of his generation, Rehberger is a German sculptor whose work blurs the boundaries between design, sculpture, furniture-making and installation. and https://www.flickr.com/photos/royreed/18228263075 https://www.flickr.com/photos/royreed/18228263075

WWI & WWII related: the Dazzle Camouflage for ships! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage

by yboris 4y ago

WWI & WWII related: the Dazzle Camouflage for ships! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage

chasebank 4y ago

Thanks! That was interesting! Now I know where the phrase razzle dazzle came from!

jrochkind1 4y ago
the term seems to pre-date the camo. > The expression was then always in the form of 'give someone the razzle-dazzle', that is, confuse them. The earliest use that I can find of that sense of 'razzle-dazzle' is the US newspaper The Saint Paul Globe, April 1885: >> Sir: As you seem to be in earnest in your efforts to give someone the dazzle-dazzle... [I think that's a typo and the original source is indeed razzle-dazzle as being discussed!] > The expression very quickly came to be used with a more positive intent, that is, where 'razzle-dazzle' was considered to be indicate enjoyment rather than deception. That's found in the Pennsylvania newspaper The Daily Republican, June 1887: >> A meeting at City Hall resolved to celebrate the Fourth [of July] by a general old-time razzle-dazzle. https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/razzle-dazzle.html https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/razzle-dazzle.html
nmeofthestate 4y ago
Dazzle is a word - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dazzle https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dazzle

Steve44 4y ago

There was a ship moored on the Thames in London for a few years painted in a modern interpretation of Dazzle. Sadly it was only there for a few years, I used to love seeing it. https://www.1418now.org.uk/commissions/dazzle-ship-london-2/ https://www.1418now.org.uk/commissions/dazzle-ship-london-2/ > The HMS President (1918), one of only three surviving Royal Navy warships from the First World War, was ‘dazzled’ by the German sculptor Tobias Rehberger. One of the most respected European artists of his generation, Rehberger is a German sculptor whose work blurs the boundaries between design, sculpture, furniture-making and installation. and https://www.flickr.com/photos/royreed/18228263075 https://www.flickr.com/photos/royreed/18228263075