elastics, tennies, and 'meant to have'

[Alice Faber]

Might be. I'm not sure how cran-like it is. That is, I don't know if
there's any other kind of dooger besides a hair dooger.

Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> Is a "dooger" like a "doodad" ?
>
>   JL
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> Alice Faber <faber at HASKINS.YALE.EDU> wrote:
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> Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>> The coated ponytail things are also (to my mind) "elastics" and "elastic bands," but if I were speaking unrehearsed I think I'd be likely to describe one as "_some kind of _ elastic band" !
>>
>
> My sister calls them "hair doogers" (OO as in food). When I talk about
> them outside the family, I have to translate, usually to something like
> "pony tail thingies".
>

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