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Marius Hancu

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Jul 15, 2010, 6:49:40 PM7/15/10
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Hello:

Does any of you recognize "woopsy-doopsy," which is supposed to have
been used in the 60s?

I've found
similar stuff which was related to "eccentric," "homosexual."

What would be its meaning?

---
[Judy tells Larry, her husband, that Sy Ableman has come in her life]

JUDY
And things have changed. And then-Sy Ableman. Sy has
come into my life. And now-

LARRY
Come into your-what does that mean?! You, you, you,
you barely know him!

JUDY
We've known the Ablemans for fifteen years.

LARRY
Yes, but you you said we hadn't done anything!
JUDY suddenly is stony:

JUDY
I haven't done anything. This is not some flashy fling.
This is not about woopsy-doopsy.

A Serious Man, movie script
http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/A-Serious-Man.html
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu

Mark Brader

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Jul 15, 2010, 7:08:46 PM7/15/10
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Marius Hancu writes:
> Does any of you recognize "woopsy-doopsy," which is supposed to have
> been used in the 60s?

No, but from the given context



> I haven't done anything. This is not some flashy fling.
> This is not about woopsy-doopsy.

she must be talking about sex. "Whoops" is an injection of surprise,
that is sometimes expanded with additional syllables, e.g. "whoopsy-daisy".
"Whoopie" is an interjection of excitement and "making whoopie" is a
euphemism for sex. "Woopsy-doopsy" is surely an improvised euphemism
along for sex, influenced by the other words.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | Thus, "plain english" is the same as
m...@vex.net | "near-field spin". --Carl Ginnow

Peter Duncanson (BrE)

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Jul 15, 2010, 7:18:51 PM7/15/10
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On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:49:40 -0700 (PDT), Marius Hancu
<marius...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Hello:
>
>Does any of you recognize "woopsy-doopsy," which is supposed to have
>been used in the 60s?
>
>I've found
>similar stuff which was related to "eccentric," "homosexual."
>
>What would be its meaning?
>

In this conversation it seems to be a euphemism for sex.

>---
>[Judy tells Larry, her husband, that Sy Ableman has come in her life]
>
> JUDY
> And things have changed. And then-Sy Ableman. Sy has
> come into my life. And now-
>
> LARRY
> Come into your-what does that mean?! You, you, you,
> you barely know him!
>
> JUDY
> We've known the Ablemans for fifteen years.
>
> LARRY
> Yes, but you you said we hadn't done anything!
> JUDY suddenly is stony:
>
> JUDY
> I haven't done anything. This is not some flashy fling.
> This is not about woopsy-doopsy.
>
>A Serious Man, movie script
>http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/A-Serious-Man.html
>---

--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)

LFS

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Jul 16, 2010, 4:33:58 AM7/16/10
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Given the context, I wouldn't be at all surprised if this was a Coen
brothers invention. They made up the whole of the first part which
appears to be a folk tale. Wonderful film.

--
Laura
(emulate St. George for email)

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