Oh, Dukey
Or possibly Dookie*. Heard last night on Six Feet Under (HBO drama about a family of undertakers). George opens a package to find that it contained excrement. Nate says to his baby daughter, "Look,...
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From Mr. Smarty Pants:"Dukey" is a term used by people in the dry-cleaning business to describe garments that have gotten a little stale and wrinkly.And a site I never knew existed...from my own Home...
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Arthur was correct in believing that "formica" began life as a trademark for an electrical insulating compound that was intended to substitute "for mica." George was wrong.A TV show that actually got...
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Thanks, pk. Stale and wrinkly? A bit of a stretch, but I guess it could describe excrement.Yeah, I was tickled that Arthur looked it up. Which is why I'm sure he's the sender of the package of poop.
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*I have no opinion on the music of Green Day.You are aware, though, that their usage is the same as Nate's, right?Seems like I haven't seen you post in a while pod. Welcome back, if you were away and...
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Welcome from me, too.Just to say, pk, that those were two very interesting links. Thanks.
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Thanks for the welcome. Just been busy; getting ready to retire from swilling at the government trough. Hope to be around much more often when I'm a lady of leisure.Aha! Daff, you made the connection...
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I heard "cat dooky" on TV recently. Saturday Night Live, perhaps?I suspect TV writers are always on the lookout for fresh euphemisms for words they can't (ordinarily) use in their scripts.
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This term was used in The Simpsons a few years back. Otto was teaching the kids how to snowboard, and they had to use the lingo in speaking to him. Thus Bart:"I need to go, Otto!" "Uh-uh!""Oh, sorry....
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Nowadays more often spelled "dookie" (a la Green Day), which is the form it's entered under in HDAS:dookie n. So. excrement; (hence) rubbish; (also) "daylights."Also as v. Also dukey.1969 Bullock...
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