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Marxist Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Toodles

0I know it means sort of goodbye,but what's special?0-
  

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0Hi,02br
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00It's just a playful, informal version of the already very informal01u00 toodle-oo02u00 (ie goodbye).02br
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00Clive0-
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0 Also: "toodle-pip". 0-
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100TOODLE-PIP??? 05002br
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00Either that's strictly British, or Mr. P is just pulling our legs. 02br
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00How about toodle-bop, toodle-de-doodle-de, toodle-oh-my, and got to be toodling off now?010id3
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01. toodle-bop02br
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00— a uniquely British form of improvisatory jazz, very popular in the tea rooms of the Cotswolds in the late 1950s.02br
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002. toodle-de-doodle-de02br
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00— the cry of a departing cockerel (BrE only).02br
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003. toodle-oh-my02br
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00— the cry of a hen surprised
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0>3. toodle-oh-my02br
00>— the cry of a hen surprised by a BrE cockerel she 01i00thought02i00 was departing.02br
00Great point, MrP050010id1
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Do young girls say Toodles to mean "Goodbye"?
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