to ootz?

[Benjamin Barrett]

You've ootzed me along
every step of the way.

See http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:EzyCItBMFx8J:downloadsubtitles.net/white-christmas-en-5+%22bing+crosby%22+%22white+christmas%22+ootzed&hl=en&gl=us&strip=1. I found it by Googling on

"bing crosby" "white christmas" ootzed

Perhaps it means "push someone along"?

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Dec 24, 2011, at 7:28 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

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> A friend, who probably has been watching too many Christmas movies on
> the Hallmark channel's multi-week marathon, claims that in "White
> Christmas", Bing Crosby tells Danny Kaye - you "ootzed me
> along".  Spelling not guaranteed.
>
> Any comments?   Google Books has some provocative tidbits, including
> claims but no previews for "ootzed" and/or "ootzing" from Dare and
> HDAS (which are both unfortunately not on my bookshelf).  And
> allegedly from "Story", Vol. 22, 1943, the snippet "The underground
> tells me that I'm being ootzed out of that part."  ("White Christmas"
> is 1954.)  Plus "ootzing" in 1946 from Jerome Weidman, 1971 from Max Shulman.

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