单词 | zip-a-dee-doo-dah |
释义 | zip-a-dee-doo-dahint.adj. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). A. int. Expressing delight, excitement, elation, etc. Now often ironic.First used as the title and refrain of a song featured in the Walt Disney film, Song of the South. The lyrics are based on those of the minstrel song Zip Coon (see etymological note, and zip coon n.), and represent the speech of the African-American character Uncle Remus. See quot. 1945. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > exclamation of joy or delight [interjection] cock-a-hoop1568 woo-hoo1697 joy1719 glory1816 whizzo1905 whee1920 hot diggety1924 ziggety1924 whacko1941 yeehaw1941 zip-a-dee-doo-dah1945 cowabunga1954 yay1963 yahoo1976 wahey1979 1945 R. Gilbert Zip a Dee Doo Dah (song) in D. S. Reymond et al. Uncle Remus (film script, revised final draft of ‘Song of the South’) (Louisiana State Univ. Libr.) Revised a1 Zip a dee doo dah! Zip a dee ay! My oh my what a wonderful day! 1987 O. Winfrey in Ladies' Home Jrnl. Mar. 64/2 Nothing compares with being in love. Zippity-doo-dah, I'm in love! 2002 S. Gage et al. Queer 17/1 She got involved with AIDS charities. Well, zipadeedoodah. Look closer and you'll find her always highly publicized ‘involvement’..was often no more than a quick stop-off to shake a few hands between shopping trips. B. adj. Causing or characterized by delight, excitement, elation, etc.; wonderful, fantastic, great. Now often ironic.In quot. 1945 representing African-American speech. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [adjective] hightlyOE delitec1225 joyful1297 delightablec1300 delicatea1382 gladsomec1386 gladdingc1394 delightfula1400 deliciousc1400 delectablec1415 delighting?a1425 delitousa1425 ravishingc1430 joyous1475 delightsomec1484 wealthlya1500 delectary?c1500 sunny1565 sunshine1594 delighted1595 heartsome1596 joysome1616 gladdening1729 scrum1877 heartthrob1907 dilly1909 delish1915 zip-a-dee-doo-dah1945 the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [adjective] hightlyOE joyousc1305 jubilosec1450 gratulant1471 rejoicingc1475 rejoiceful1538 exultativec1550 exultivec1550 cock-a-hoop1564 insolent1589 triumphant1597 elated1615 exultant1653 elate1702 exulting1757 jubilant1784 zip-a-dee-doo-dah1945 1945 D. S. Reymond et al. Uncle Remus (film script, revised final draft of ‘Song of the South’) (Louisiana State Univ. Libr.) Revised a1 It happen' on one o' dem zip-a-dee-doo-dah-days. Now dat's de kin' o' day when you can't open yo' mouf' widout a song jump right out of it. 2002 C. N. Douglas Cat in Midnight Choir (2003) xi. 100 If Lieutenant C. R. Molina had meant to destroy Temple's zip-a-dee-doo-dah mood, she couldn't have done better had she gone to graduate school in Killjoy 101. 2012 @tannerhawkns 25 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 7 Feb. 2020) Based on the ‘Mo' Money=Mo' Problems’ concept, I should be just zippitydoodah for the considerable future. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.adj.1945 |
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