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Every time I see someone use the word “doozy”, I swoon. The Duesenberg company was only in operation for 17 years and was dissolved in 1937. Yet there is lovabl
by jonstewart 3y ago
Every time I see someone use the word “doozy”, I swoon. The Duesenberg company was only in operation for 17 years and was dissolved in 1937. Yet there is lovable doozy, an invented marketing term that American English has adopted as its own.
- pimlottc 3y agoNow here I am violating the spirit of the article and Googling things, but it seems like this is, at best, an uncertain etymology: https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/where-the-word-doozy-comes-from https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/where-the-word-dooz...
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- ikekkdcjkfke 3y agodösig?
- jonstewart 3y agoInteresting! I’ve always googled about Duesenberg and read the old saw several times, and never googled for the etymology. Thank for the correction!