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no, not the doll, I saw the "Suzy Cute song" part. The Suzie Q is a dance move from the 1930s (or maybe even older) and quite a few songs have referenced it or
by Pannoniae 3y ago
no, not the doll, I saw the "Suzy Cute song" part. The Suzie Q is a dance move from the 1930s (or maybe even older) and quite a few songs have referenced it or included it in the title, the most well-known one is probably Lil Hardin Armstrong's one.
this is why I asked whether it was referring to that or something else
- zuminator 3y agoAh apologies, I missed the thrust of your question but surely the doll's name is just a play on words meant to evoke the nickname "Suzie Q," which was fairly popular once upon a time, back when people commonly named their little girls Susan. As to which came first, the nickname or the dance step, I doubt there's any ironclad attestation for that (although I did find an old book from 1901 where someone had named their cow Susie Q), but anyway since trendy dance steps are most often named after something else, and not just given monikers ex nihilo, my guess is the nickname came first.