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While it's often maintained that the word doozy derives from the "Duesenberg" in the name of the famed Duesenberg Motor Company, this is impossible on chronological grounds. Doozy was first recorded (in the form dozy) in eastern Ohio in 1916, four years before the Duesenberg Motor Company began to manufacture passenger cars; the related adjective doozy, meaning "stylish" or "splendid," is attested considerably earlier, in 1903. So where did doozy come from? Etymologists believe that it's an altered form of the word daisy, which was used especially in the late 1800s as a slang term for someone or something considered the best.
Examples of doozy in a Sentence
Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The crowd will be amped, and the game itself is expected to be a doozy.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The first Friday of October 2025 is a doozy for new music releases — and that’s largely thanks to Taylor Swift.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
Yorba Linda at San Juan Hills on Oct. 10 is going to be a doozy.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Doozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doozy. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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