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Dooced vs Doosed - What's the difference?

dooced | doosed | Alternative forms |

Dooced is an alternative form of doosed.


As adverbs the difference between dooced and doosed

is that dooced is (dated|dialect) deuced while doosed is (degree|dated).

As a verb dooced

is (internet slang) dismissed from one's job as a result of one's actions on the internet.

dooced

English

Etymology 1

deuce

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • (dated, dialect) Deuced.
  • * 1864 , Charles Dickens, All the Year Round
    • Should have liked to belong to that set, only they drank so dooced hard.
  • * 1878 , John Byrne Leicester Warren, Salvia Richmond
    • "Dooced good fishing in Blankshire," threw in Charlie Mayne.

    Etymology 2

    Coined in 2002 from the pseudonym of American blogger Heather Armstrong.

    Verb

    dooced
  • (internet slang) Dismissed from one's job as a result of one's actions on the Internet.
  • * 2007 , Erik Ringmar, A Blogger's Manifesto
    • Bill Poon in California got dooced from a burger joint when he posted a picture of his boss on MySpace.
  • * 2007 , Laurie J Mullins, Management and Organisational Behaviour
    • Careless blogging can get you dooced .

    doosed

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dooced

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (degree, dated)
  • * 1867 , , 2006, Elibron Classics, Volume 1, page 151,
    • "Upon my word she's a doosed' good-looking little thing," said Archie, coming up to him, after having also shaken hands with her; — "' doosed good-looking, I call her."
  • * 1872 , Laurence William M. Lockhart, Fair to see , page 149,
    • I thought my nephew a fool ; I now know that he is a doosed sensible fellow, and the luckiest dog in Christendom — luckiest dog in Christendom, I declare.
  • * 1938 , G.B. Lancaster (), Promenade , page 143,
    • Accepted me, did she? Doosed awkward, that. I thought she had more sense.
    English degree adverbs