[Ads-l] double/triple-dog dare

Sun Jun 30 22:03:09 UTC 2019

Effectively could have been created by Jean Shepard, the genius behind the
film.

Context suggests it was something drastic and previously unheard of, no?

JL

On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 5:38 PM Peter Reitan <pjreitan at hotmail.com> wrote:

> "Triple-dog dare" famously appears in the film, The Cristmas Story, a
> nostalgic and comedic look at Christmas in the 1940s, shown annually on TV
> dozens of times between Thanksgiving and Christmas in the US, sometimes as
> a non-stop marathon all day on Christmas day.
>
> https://youtu.be/qeJXYhdfR6Q
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> In my day, before inflation, it was a "double-dog dare" that could not be
> refused on pain of eternal humiliation. I've never heard of the triple-dog
> variant.
>
> JL
>
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 2:36 PM Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Not in the OED. I don=E2=80=99t see =E2=80=9Cdouble-dog dare=E2=80=9D in
> =
> the HDAS.
> >
> > Merriam-Webster (
> > https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double-dog%20dare <
> > https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double-dog%20dare>) labels
> > =E2=80=9Cdouble-dog dare=E2=80=9D as =E2=80=9Cchiefly South & Midland=E2=
> =80=9D and doesn=E2=80=99t have the triple
> > version. I have long been familiar with at least =E2=80=9Ctriple dog
> dare=
> =E2=80=9D and
> > wonder whether the label is appropriate.
> >
> > Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/double_dog_dare#English <
> > https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/double_dog_dare#English>) has
> =E2=80=9Cdou=
> ble dog
> > dare=E2=80=9D (verb cited to 1893, noun uncited) and an entry (
> > https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/triple_dog_dare <
> > https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/triple_dog_dare>) for the verb
> =E2=80=9Ctr=
> iple dog
> > dare=E2=80=9D without citations.
> >
> > As a nine-year-old just informed me, a triple-dog dare is a dare that
> > cannot be refused, a requirement confirmed by the UD:
> >
> > https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=3DTriple%20Dog%20Dare <
> > https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=3DTriple%20Dog%20Dare>
> > 1. DemonVampire180
> > 17 Oct 2010
> >
> > ***
> > It is the ultimate dare. It's for when a person rejects a regular dare,
> > AND a double dog dare. It is a dare that you HAVE to do under any
> > circumstances. If you don't do it you look like a weakling or a chicken.
> > I triple dog dared her to run around the house completely naked. She
> > chickened out and to this day we don't let her live it down.
> >
> > ####
> > ####
> >
> > 2. Rachael the Great
> > 30 Sep 2004
> >
> > ****
> > Note: The infamous Triple-dog-dare is infamous for the sole reason that
> > you cannot back down from it--without exception! An issued
> triple-dog-dar=
> e
> > has no counteraction and must be implemented and/or carried out.
> > Ever seen the movie "A Christmas Carol"? Enough said.
> > ####
> > ####
> >
> > 3. Dubiks
> > 7 Dec 2018
> >
> > ****
> > A way to get stupid people to do what ever you want.
> > Me: "I want you to go clean out my toilet after that massive shit I just
> > took."
> > person: "No, I'm not doing that."
> > Me: "I triple dog dare you."
> > person: "Deal!"
> > ####
> > ####
> >
> > I quickly searched for the noun and verb of =E2=80=9Ctriple dog dare=E2=
> =80=9D and came up
> > with the following two citations.
> >
> > 4. Noun:
> > https://tinyurl.com/y4p5l6n5 <https://tinyurl.com/y4p5l6n5>
> > Loving an alcoholic: help and hope for significant others
> > Jack Mumey
> > 1985
> >
> > ****
> > =E2=80=A6 it got to a =E2=80=9Ctriple-dog-dare you,=E2=80=9D that was
> _se=
> rious_ stuff! Anyone who
> > didn=E2=80=99t answer a =E2=80=9Ctriple dog dare=E2=80=9D threat couldn=
> =E2=80=99t expect to save face ever
> > again!
> >
> > ####
> > ####
> >
> > 5. Verb
> > https://tinyurl.com/yxttjdzd <https://tinyurl.com/yxttjdzd>
> > Rocka-Good-Bye
> > Molly Bass
> > 18 April 1990 (date the play was performed)
> >
> > ****
> > I didn=E2=80=99t either, but Dillon triple-dog dared me and put two
> doubl=
> e-dog
> > dares on top =E2=80=A6 and he gave me a dollar.
> >
> > ####
> > ####
> >
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