On a previous episode, we discussed the origins of doozy, and boy did we get some responses! Many of you called and wrote to say that the Duesenberg luxury car is the source of the term. While the car’s reputation for automotive excellence may...
Jonathan from Bozeman, Montana, asks about doozy (or doozie), a word his mother used for something notably good or bad. The slang term may derive from daisy, a word used since the 1700s for something excellent, or it may have been influenced by the...