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Made Up

Can anyone in this group give me the origin of the term "Made Up" meaning overjoyed.
Most of the usage in the UK seems to come from people in their late 40s/early 50s which suggests to me that they have acquired it from their teenage kids.
That, in turn, suggests to me that it is an import either via Buffy or Neighbours.
Over to you, aue!
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[nq:1]Can anyone in this group give me the origin of the term "Made Up" meaning overjoyed. Most of the usage ... That, in turn, suggests to me that it is an import either via Buffy or Neighbours.

  • [nq:1]Can anyone in this group give me the origin of the term "Made Up" meaning overjoyed.
  • Most of the usage ...
  • That, in turn, suggests to me that it is an import either via Buffy or Neighbours.
  • [/nq] This phrase was the Mark of the Scouser back in the early 1960s, when Liverpool was brought forth unto the meejer for the first time in living mammary.
  • Matti
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[nq:1]Can anyone in this group give me the origin of the term "Made Up" meaning overjoyed. Most of the usage ... That, in turn, suggests to me that it is an import either via Buffy or Neighbours. Over to you, aue![/nq]
This phrase was the Mark of the Scouser back in the early 1960s, when Liverpool was brought forth unto the meejer for the first time in living mammary.
Matti
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[nq:2]Can anyone in this group give me the origin of ... import either via Buffy or Neighbours. Over to you, aue![/nq]
[nq:1]This phrase was the Mark of the Scouser back in the early 1960s, when Liverpool was brought forth unto the meejer for the first time in living mammary.[/nq]
Explains why Ricky Tomlinson was one of the said 50-ish year-olds who used it on BBC Radio 4 this morning?
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[nq:1]Can anyone in this group give me the origin of the term "Made Up" meaning overjoyed. Most of the usage ... That, in turn, suggests to me that it is an import either via Buffy or Neighbours. Over to you, aue![/nq]
Cassell's Dictionary of Slang calls it 20th century Irish. They say "lucky, well-off" not "overjoyed."
Your own theory makes no sense to me, frankly. If a term was as recent
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[nq:2]Can anyone in this group give me the origin of ... import either via Buffy or Neighbours. Over to you, aue![/nq]
[nq:1]Cassell's Dictionary of Slang calls it 20th century Irish. They say "lucky, well-off" not "overjoyed."[/nq]
In that case, I would contend that either the usage has slipped, or it is a different usage and the Irish reference is coincidental.
[nq:1]Your own theory
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[nq:2]Can anyone in this group give me the origin of the term "Made Up" meaning overjoyed. [/nq]
[nq:1]Cassell's Dictionary of Slang calls it 20th century Irish. They say "lucky, well-off" not "overjoyed." [/nq]
That sounds like a different usage from the Liverpool one, although it's likely that the two are related. I would have described the one under discussion here as meaning "delighted
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[nq:1]Can anyone in this group give me the origin of the term "Made Up" meaning overjoyed. Most of the usage ... turn, suggests to me that it is an import either via Buffy or Neighbours. Over to you, aue! F A[/nq]
Why would you assume the 50-year-olds got it from their kids? And why, if it were the kids, would you assume they imported it? That seems to me a total non sequitur. I remembe
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[nq:2]Can anyone in this group give me the origin of the term "Made Up" meaning overjoyed. [/nq]
[nq:1]This phrase was the Mark of the Scouser back in the early 1960s, when Liverpool was brought forth unto the meejer for the first time in living mammary.[/nq]
And I've found a site for British slang which lists it:
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[nq:2]This phrase was the Mark of the Scouser back in ... unto the meejer for the first time in living mammary.[/nq]
[nq:1]And I've found a site for British slang which lists it: http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/m.htm[/nq]
Oh goody! I love these!
...and, as a quizmaster, it might just come in very useful!
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[nq:1]John 'You are May Dupp AICMFP' Dean[/nq]
Didn't we establish thanks, I think, to extensive research by a much-missed cheese cabineteer that it should be "AICMWGP"?

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Ross Howard
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[nq:2]This phrase was the Mark of the Scouser back in ... unto the meejer for the first time in living mammary.[/nq]
[nq:1]Explains why Ricky Tomlinson was one of the said 50-ish year-olds who used it on BBC Radio 4 this morning? Everyone else agree with Matti?[/nq]
Yes.
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