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dipsy doodle (DIP-see DOOD-l) noun
1. The zig-zag motion of a ball in baseball or of a player in football. 2. An act performed to evade or distract. [Perhaps from baseball or football.] "`It would take a rather wild turn of events to keep it off the East Coast. ... It would have to do some kind of dipsy doodle,' says hurricane center forecaster Jack Beven." Jack Williams, Hugo Turns Eye to East Coast, USA Today, Sep 20, 1989. This week's theme: words from games and sports. Today's AWAD is brought to you by NannyTax, Inc., providing tax compliance services to employers of domestic help. For useful information and a free consultation, please visit: http://www.nannytax.com AND Eastern Informatics, providers of information technology solutions to the healthcare enterprise. Visit us at http://www.easterninformatics.com ............................................................................ You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882) AWAD on your Website: http://wordsmith.org/awad/add.html Gift subscription: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Bulletin board: http://wordsmith.org/board AWAD archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/dipsy_doodle.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/dipsy_doodle.ram
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