Doy

[Grant Barrett]

On 3/22/02 10:59, "Mark A Mandel" <mam at THEWORLD.COM> wrote:

> #I'd like to point out Doy!, still in use, which is a harsher form of Duh!.
>
> I don't know that one. "Duh!" in which sense, or both?

"Doy" is scornful and mocking. We used it in my childhood and I recently
read it in a weblog. I have a friend (a New Yorker) who still uses it, but
consciously, knowing it's a bit dated.

It's hard to find on the Internet because it's a simple, likely word, in
several languages, until you search for "doy and stupid" or "no doy" in
English pages only, which turn up a few appropriate links:

http://music.dartmouth.edu/~kov/gunk/doy.html
http://www.whygodwhy.com/cgi/get_entry.pl?entry=289
http://www.slightlywarped.com/movies/S/scarymovie2.html
http://www.nintendorks.com/comments.php?ContentID=847
http://www.mojholio.com/melrose/recaps/mp6/mp609.htm