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Man I love those old looney tunes. If you go back and watch them they seem very adult. I think it came from people saying uhhhh. Too bad Marina doesn’t have any money making tips like hotforprofits.
random lesson—corruption, dat it is, do’ me ain’t chur. oops
Doh! A similar word popularized by Homer Simpson.
I love that shirt…..
I doubt, however, that “duh” comes from the words for yes. I think it more likely comes from the expressions of stupid people who use “throat clearing” words and sounds. “Duhhhh…I dunno…” for example. And, so to mimic stupid people, the term was standardized to “duh.”
The odd thing is that I don’t actually recall requesting this word! But I’ve been away for over a month, and the memory is the first thing to go! But, boy, do I have a smile on my face!!!
Never thought about that. Interesting though. could be it.
As you were gussing, so am I. The American west seems to be the leader in taking words from other cultures and twisting them to mean something else. My guess would be “Duh” is a WWII adaptation of either the German or Russian word for “Yes.” Qui? The French word for “Ich würde liebend gerne Ihr Kind.”
the origin of Duh?? I Duh-no!!
erm, well, maybe I do recal as a weener child sayer ‘Duh!’ to someone else who got something wrong or made a twit out of them selves…..they said it alot to me
Duh derived from someone who wasn’t all there, the lights on but no ones home kinda thing……a bit challenged in some way……not a good word in that respect….
Nice video.
Can you say “Ja” more often ? Your russian accent rocks the room (don´t worry, all russian people say it that way */caldown*
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I think you might be off in your theory for “duh”. I believe it comes from the mocking of the way an unintelligent person speaks, especially when they’re giving a list of items, as in: “I like to eat french fries and hamburgers and pizza and – uh – did I say pizza?”
“Duh” comes from joining the end of “and” with “uh”. (There’s actually a word for that, but – uh – I can’t remember what it is.)
When I was little we mocked people who said something stupid (or too obvious to need saying) by saying something like, “Duh, I’m not too bright, am I?” And from there, it seems like “duh” moved on to be a retort to anyone who said anything stupid or obvious.
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I love those old cartoons
Hello dear teacher!
Are you surprised if I say you are absolutely correct when you gave your idea about the word comming from Sweden…
Interesting thing is that we in Sweden (the young ones…) use the frase “men du” for the same reason, only that means “Hey you!” and pronounced in a sarcastic tone just like “duh”
From your dear student / Swedehunter
“Duh” was used in cartoons and comics to indicate that someone was not bright enough to immediately think of obvious words. It was meant more as a sign of lack of brains than as “that’s obvious,” and it’s use today is more in the sense of “you’re an idiot” than “it’s obvious.”
441 !!!! It’s ok that I’m late to the party. …I’m the “TEACHERS PET”!!!
I think “TEACHER wants to see me after school. (in the voice of David Lee Roth )
err…onomatopoeia ?
You always say “HotforWords decided to Investigate”. So I was wondering were did the word Investigate come from?
Lol..nice question, i agree, that would be interesting