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Would he really do that?
Anything is possible, don't you think? He is very nice, but who knows? :D
certainly not my Aunt Barbie...did you know that she failed her blood test last week?
She did? Do you know, I would have thought that a difficult test to fail? Did she not study hard enough? ;)
how is that?
how do you mean how is that?
Perhaps she is wondering how Aunt Barbie came to such a pass?
You wouldn't believe the ditzy nurse I had the last time they had to draw blood from me! On the other hand, she'll make a great artist one day, doncha know? :p
What is the origin of the word 'ditzy'?
Ah, is not the internet a fabulous thing?Quote:
Originally Posted by ennison
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ditzy
One entry found for ditzy.
Main Entry: dit·zy
Variant(s): or dit·sy /'dit-sE/
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): ditz·i·er or dits·i·er; -est
Etymology: origin unknown
: eccentrically silly, giddy, or inane : DIZZY
- dit·zi·ness or dit·si·ness /-n&s/ noun
So, what do you folks think? :lol:Quote:
9. Ditzy (1973). It is hard to believe that this word is of such recent origin. It means "eccentrically silly, giddy, or insane," according to the Collegiate. The OED calls it ditsy and points to dicty, a word first appearing in 1926, as the progenitor of ditsy. But dicty means "conceited, high-class, snobbish." Though the OED says that the origin is unknown, it seems to have emerged in Black English, as reflected in this 1944 quotation: "These (sic) are only a few dozen words and phrases that are uniquely Negro...such as 'dicty' which means trying to put on airs and act upper class without having the basis for doing so."
Thus, I have a hard time seeing how ditzy/ditsy might have been derived from dicty. In any case, once ditzy appeared on the scene in the late 1970s, it meant either "fussy"/"intricate" or, more frequently, "(Esp. of a woman) stupid, scatterbrained; cute." Even though we were in the middle of the feminist revolution at that time, the word ditzy seemed to take on a meaning associating it exclusively with women. From a Time movie review in 1981: "Bob Newhart plays the President of the United States. Madeline Kahn is his ditso wife. Gilda Radner is their ditsy daughter." Perhaps receding images of Goldie Hawn also helped to give it an anit-feminist life of its own. Or, perhaps when men felt threatened by the gradual incursions of feminist thought into the workplace, they retaliated by coining the term ditzy.
Hi Kathy! Otherwise known as she who must not be named. Woot for HP fans!
What am I supposed to think?
Well, hi there Bookinator. :wave:
Aren't you supposed to think what you think in order to think that you are? :p
Does that have anything to do with the "I think, therefore I am," philosophy?
Hmm, if only I could contact Ambrose Bierce from beyond the grave maybe he could answer that question, maybe? Does anybody posses any sort of clairvoyant skills?
just a minute...did you see that spooky woman in a Victorian dress holding an axe?
My dear Susan, I am shocked! Surely you are quite aware that despite the nice little rhyme, that Lizzy Borden was found innocent by a judge and jury and that the crime remains unsolved to this day? Or maybe you are having a vision of the true person quilty-- tell us, was it the maid or the older sister? http://www.websmileys.com/sm/evil/870.gif
re 'ditzy' Ah. I heard it for the first time (first time I noticed anyway!) last year from a highly literate seventeen-year-old girl. I guessed it was from West-over-ocean. Your sources sound pretty convincing about its present meaning. I had thought that it might have been derived from 'dizzy'. Sounds like a 'Friends' kind-of-word.
Why do you think she gave them forty whacks? Was it a mathematical problem. A modern crafty lawyer could get her off on the grounds of numerical obsession!
ah, but isn't that better than an 41? And what is that 40 thing from whacks from? I know I've heard it somewhere... Or have I?
I don't think Lizzie killed them by giving them 40 whacks, nor the maid....Wasn't it Colonel Mustard in the library?
What weapon did he use?
Wasn't it a candlestick?
Is it the one that Jack jumped over?
Isn't he the one that had a thing for beanstalks?
Are beans fruits or vegetables?
Aren't they part of the vegetable family, specifically legumes?
Am I the only one who thinks legume is a funny looking word?
Do you think legume is more funny looking than luggage?
Most assuredly funnier than luggage, no? But is not waffle even funnier than both?
Is "funnier" a word?
Is it not an adjective?
Aren't adjectives handy? Is that an adjective? :D
What could be handier?
What could be handier, indeed? What if one had 8 arms ending in 8 hands?
Would we call him an octocheir?
Would you like to?
Does my preference matter?
that depends...would you?
Whoops!!
I must ask then, does my preference about your preference matter to you???
Are we as members of a community somewhat obliged to at least consider the preferences of our fellow members?
Aren't we? Don't you just love rhetorical questions?
Don't we though? Didn't that rhyme go like this:
Lizzie Borden took an axe
And gave her mother forty whacks.
And when she saw what she had done,
She gave her father forty-one
?
I think you will find she was found innocent by judge and jury, so who knows? http://www.crimelibrary.com/notoriou...n/index_1.html
Do you know that that house is a "Bed and Breakfest" and that you can actually sleep in the murder room, and sit on the sofa where her father was found?
can't any of you give a straight answer? Why are you all just asking questions?
lol