D'oh!

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D'oh!
CharacterMiss Hotchkiss
ActorDiana Morrison
Written byTed Kavanagh
First used inIt's That Man Again
D'oh!
CharacterHomer Simpson
ActorDan Castellaneta
First used in"Punching Bag" (The Tracey Ullman Show)
"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" (The Simpsons)

"D'oh!" (

his father, his mother and half-brother—have also been heard to use it themselves in similar circumstances. On a few occasions, Homer's wife Marge and characters outside the family such as Mr. Burns and Sideshow Bob
have also used this phrase.

In 2006, "d'oh!" was listed as number six on

OxfordWords blog notes "Homer was responsible for popularizing it as an exclamation of frustration."[5] The term also appeared in an early issue of Mad comics, with a different spelling but the same meaning, in issue 8 (December 1953 – January 1954); in a one-page story by Harvey Kurtzman entitled "Hey Look!", a man seeking peace and quiet suddenly hears a loud radio and, grimacing, says, "D-oooh – the neighbors [sic
] radio!!"

Origin

Several decades before The Simpsons was aired, the exclamation "D'oh!" was used in the BBC radio comedy program, It's That Man Again, which ran from 1939 to 1949. It was the catchphrase of the formidable, but soft-hearted, character, "Miss Hotchkiss".[6]

Dan Castellaneta, voice of Homer Simpson

During the voice recording session for a

season eight
, 1997), in which Homer, after having eaten a very spicy chili, hallucinates about a tortoise and exclaims a loud "d'oh!" as he realizes that he needs to follow the slow animal in order to find out about his soul mate.

Episode names

As the word arose out of Castellaneta's interpretation of a non-specific direction, it did not have an official spelling for several years. Instead, it was always written in Simpsons scripts as "(Annoyed Grunt)", and then later on being spelled "d'oh", as it remains today.[11]

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    , 2010)
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    , 2011)
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    , 2012)
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Dictionary

The term "d'oh!" has been used or adopted by many Simpsons fans as well as non-fans. The term has become commonplace in modern speech and demonstrates the extent of the show's influence. "D'oh!" was first added to the Oxford Dictionary of English in 1998 as an interjection with the definition "(usually [in a manner] mildly derogatory) used to comment on an action perceived as foolish or stupid."[4]

In 2001, the word "d'oh" was added to the Oxford English Dictionary;[12][13] The definition given is:[12][14]

"Expressing frustration at the realisation that things have turned out badly or not as planned, or that one has just said or done something foolish. Also (usu. mildly derogatory): implying that another person has said or done something foolish" (cf. DUH int.).

The headword spelling is doh, but d'oh is listed as a variant (as is dooh). The etymology section notes "the word appears (in the form D'oh) in numerous publications based on The Simpsons".[12] Eight quotations featuring the sound "d'oh" are cited: the earliest is from a 1945 episode of the BBC radio series It's That Man Again; two others are Simpsons-related.[12][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dyn-O-Mite! TV Land lists catchphrases". USA Today. November 28, 2006. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2008.
  2. ^ "The 100 greatest TV quotes and catchphrases". TV Land. 2008. Archived from the original on March 13, 2008. Retrieved September 7, 2008.
  3. ^ "Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS), Registration 76280750". United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Shewchuk, Blair (July 17, 2001). "D'oh! A Dictionary update". CBC News. Retrieved September 8, 2008.
  5. ^ a b "Ay caramba! A look at some of the language of The Simpsons". Oxford Dictionaries. April 17, 2013. Archived from the original on April 20, 2013. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
  6. ISBN 978-0-86007-245-4
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  8. ^ a b "What's the story with . . . Homer's D'oh!". The Herald, Glasgow. July 21, 2007. p. 15. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved July 22, 2007.
  9. ^ a b Simon, Jeremy (February 11, 1994). "Wisdom from The Simpsons' 'D'ohh' boy". The Daily Northwestern. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008.
  10. 20th Century Fox
    . July 27, 2007.
  11. ^ The Simpsons (TV Series 1989– ) - IMDb, retrieved May 3, 2022
  12. ^ a b c d OED, 3rd draft online edition, s.v. "doh"
  13. ^ "It's in the dictionary, d'oh!". BBC News, Entertainment. BBC. June 14, 2001. Archived from the original on December 3, 2002. Retrieved August 16, 2007.
  14. ^ "'D'oh!' The Right Thing?". Newsweek. June 15, 2001. Retrieved September 7, 2008.

External links

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