Spread laughter and positive energy with wordplay! Dictomancy - Everyday Wordplay is a Wednesday blog series that features rare, bizarre, and absurd words and their meanings. Work one of these words into your day and spark some laughter and curiosity!
Oojit-nawsty - adj [See quot] 1929 AmSp 5.19 swMO, Oojit-nawsty . . .Good or pleasing. Used in describing anything from music to corn whiskey. It is in common use near Southwest City, Mo., and is said to be derived from a Cherokee Indian word.
“You wouldn’t think a word that sounds like ‘eew, it’s nasty’ would mean good and pleasing.”
“Know what kind of pie that is? Oojit-nawsty pie.”
“It must’ve been oojit-nawsty if she chugged it all.”
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Works Cited
Cassidy, Frederic G. Chief Editor. Dictionary Of American Regional English. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1985. Print