This week's theme: words from games and sports. dipsy doodle (DIP-see DOOD-l) noun
1. The zig-zag motion of a ball in baseball or of a player in football. 2. An act performed to evade or distract. [Perhaps from baseball or football.] -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "'It would take a rather wild turn of events to keep it off the East Coast. ... It would have to do some kind of dipsy doodle,' says hurricane center forecaster Jack Beven." Jack Williams; Hugo Turns Eye to East Coast; USA Today; Sep 20, 1989. This newsletter is made possible in part by: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=qt4&ad=aw Subscribe to http://delanceyplace.com -- a carefully selected non-fiction book excerpt free to your email each day. It's the thinking person's daily quote. ............................................................................ One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute. -William Feather, author, editor and publisher (1889-1981) Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Remove, change, or subscribe address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/dipsy_doodle.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/dipsy_doodle.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/dipsy_doodle.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
