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Apple green Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

What does "Lucy Logic" mean?

Hello!

Watching the drama, there is a phrase that I cannot understand the meaning.

A rich old man is murdered, and his young girlfriend becomes the suspect.
She says to the detective "Can I be Lucy Logic for a bit?…He was my meal
ticket. Kill him, go hungry".
What is this "Lucy Logic"? I guess it has something to do with the old drama
"I love Lucy", but I haven't watched the drama so I can't find out the meaning.
  

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Hello, Apple green-- and welcome to English Forums. I don't think that 'Lucy Logic' refers to anything else. The phrasing is a jocular way of suggesting a type of personality, skill, etc.

— Mister Micawber

  • Hello, Apple green-- and welcome to English Forums.
  • I don't think that 'Lucy Logic' refers to anything else.
  • The phrasing is a jocular way of suggesting a type of personality, skill, etc.
  • This kind of alliterative coinage is ephemeral : Johnny Jump-up , ***** the Weeper , etc.
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Hello, Apple green-- and welcome to English Forums.

I don't think that 'Lucy Logic' refers to anything else. The phrasing is a jocular way of suggesting a type of personality, skill, etc. This kind of alliterative coinage is ephemeral: Johnny Jump-up, ***** the Weeper, etc.
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Thank you for your answer, Mister Micawber.

I didn't realize it's an alliterative phrase, double "L".
So it's a kind of play on word, no deep meaning.

Thank you!
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