diggety

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See also: no diggety

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Fanciful extension of another lexical item, possibly hot dog (interjection) or dig +‎ -ety, a suffix used to extend monosyllabic words. Compare African American Vernacular English dig. Attested since the end of the nineteenth century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪɡəti/,
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Adverb

diggety (comparative more diggety, superlative most diggety)

  1. (informal) A general intensifier.
    • 1947, William Edward Wilson, Cresent City, page 102:
      “Goddam!” he yelled. “God diggety damn!” and “Whoopee!” and “I'll murder you! I'll murder you both!” and “Goddamn two-bit whore!”
    • 2009 March 3, Eclipse-of-42, “Of Glitz and Fury, Ch. 4”, in Deviant Art‎:
      I love Grubba! He's like the most diggety dang DY-NO-MITE character in his game.
  2. (informal, humorous) Used to extend the form of the verb dig.
    • 1998, Nancy Van Laan, With a Whoop and a Holler: A Bushel of Lore from Way Down South, page 34:
      When he sees that ol’ tiger movin’ closer, Brer Rabbit does what Brer Rabbit does best. He grabs a spade and a-diggety-dig-a-diggin’ he goes, as fast as all get out.
    • 1995, “Mine, Mine, Mine”, in Stephen Schwartz (lyrics), Alan Menken (music), Pocahontas (soundtrack), performed by David Ogden Stiers and Mel Gibson:
      Dig and dig and dig and diggety / Dig and dig and dig and diggety-dig

Interjection

diggety

  1. (informal) Used to express excitement, surprise, or similar strong emotion.
    hot diggety dog
    • 1937, Jerome Bahr, All Good Americans, page 109:
      He stared speechless at the booing stands for a moment and then, instead of slinking away, threw his bat into the air and shouted: “Hot Dawg! Diggety diggety dam! Baby cut your toenails;”
  2. (uncommon, informal) Imitative of rapid movement or commotion.
    • 2015, Ellen Wright, “‘Do you want mustard?’ ‘Yup!’”, in Charles Wolfe, James Akenson, editors, The Women of Country Music, pages 35-36:
      [We] decided we was gonna run around in a circle by Pop’s chair. We'd go diggety, diggety, diggety, yerr. Go as close to him as we could possibly get.

Synonyms

Noun

diggety (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of diggity

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “hot diggety dog, int.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2008.
  2. ^ “-ety, suffix”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, November 2010.
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