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1. "Doozy" is often used to mean "troublesome" or "problematic," but it can also be used with a positive meaning. It means "extraordinary." It's probably an alteration of the "daisy" flower, and started in 18th-century England as a slang word. Share.
doozy, adj. and n. Etymology: Of uncertain origin: perhaps variant of daisy. slang (originally and chiefly North American). A. adj. Remarkable, excellent; also, amazing, incredible. 1903 A. Kleberg Slang Fables from Afar 83 As soon as the races were billed he began to evolve schemes—one doozy scheme followed the other.
The two earliest U.S. examples cited above—and five of the first six—use the form "the counsels [or advice or counsel] of cooler heads prevailed," which suggests that this was the original form of the expression. But the shorter form "cooler heads prevailed" appears in four of the nine instances, including one as early as 1884.
Doozy - something that is unusually good, bad, big, severe, etc. ... meaning of a sentence from Agatha ...
1. Yes, indeed, it is a derogatory racial slur, for sure. Not as "bad" as the N-word, per se—but certainly right up there in terms of vulgarity, insensitivity and offensiveness. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Offensive; Slang — A disparaging term for a Black person. WordNet 3.0, Princeton University:
+1 from me. I immediately thought of the same thing. It does relate to the "before helping others" because the whole spiel is along the lines of: If cabin pressure should change, panels above your seat will open revealing oxygen masks; reach up and pull a mask towards you.
1. AS OF would mean "at a certain time onward". AS AT would mean "at a precise time of event". AS FROM would mean "at a certain time onward" just like AS OF, but I still don't quite get it. That leads me to go back and use SINCE. Much simpler and people use it in writings and speeches.
1. 'Temper' is something that can be good or bad. A nasty, grumpy person has a bad temper; a sweet, kind person has a good temper. So 'improving one's temper' makes the temper better. We say things like "he has a temper" to mean a bad temper, but it isn't the original usage. Share.
According to Merriam-Webster it means 'nibble, gnaw' and comes from the Middle English 'chavlen, chaulen', and Old English 'ceafl' (meaning 'cheek or jowl'). Definitions says that 'to chavel' means 'to chew'. The same site says that it's also a noun, meaning: The jaw, especially, the jaw of a beast. I found a very interesting PhD thesis from ...
In Kentucky and Tennessee, the full expression said to a sneezer is "Scat, Tom -- your tail's on fire," which refers to a tomcat in a distressing circumstance. The O.E.D., just guessing, suggests that the word's origin is a hissing sound -- sss, followed by the word cat, "used in driving away cats."