blowzy

[Jonathan Lighter]

I've actually heard it used in conversation before this - possibly in the
1950s.

Definitely rhymes with "lousy." And "frowzy."

JL

On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> On Jan 20, 2013, at 4:58 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> > On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> > <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> A bald-pated academic with rimless glasses and a measured, Ivy League
> >> manner tells Candy Crowley that he hopes Obama's Inaugural speech
> "won't be
> >> _blowzy_, out there, and timeless."
> >
> > Someone has actually *spoken* this word?! What did it sound like? That
> > is, how is it pronounced? What rhymes with it?  Seriously!
> >
> I'd guess "lousy".  Certainly not "mousy", or "Suzy".
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> LH
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