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2/20/09

Brit' Word of the Day

Todays BWOTD is commonly used in daily conversation back home:

"The other person working with me is such a dosser"

"I just dossed around all day"

'Doss' = to sit around and just do nothing!

I do this pretty regularly in the evenings and I really don't care who knows it, so at times "yes I'm a dosser" :-)

I already know I'll be dossing on Sunday night as I watch the Oscars and admire the designer dresses floating by!

18 comments:

  1. NancyFebruary 20, 2009 at 2:48 PM

    I doss too much.

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  2. LouFebruary 20, 2009 at 2:53 PM

    We use doss slightly differently here - we 'doss' down by arriving (unannounced usually) and swooping on the sofa, or some such, for a nights sleep. You may have in fact experienced an antipodean doing exactly this at your place in the UK at some stage lol. If not, lucky you!

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  3. A Brit in TennesseeFebruary 20, 2009 at 2:55 PM

    I love to doss ;)
    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2009 at 3:20 PM

    I doss alot. Oh and I am looking forward to sunday to with the Oscars with all the frocks!.. Love your blog. NIce to find someone british blogging and living out here x x

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  5. DeeBeeFebruary 20, 2009 at 3:31 PM

    I must be a dosser because my maiden name was Doss.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2009 at 3:36 PM

    Wow, another one I have not heard. Although I'm a bit tainted by the Oxbridge "DoS" or "Director of Studies," the person responsible for a student's academic progress.

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  7. UnknownFebruary 20, 2009 at 4:59 PM

    Ah yes dossing is one of life's pleasures...so DeeBee, you were Miss Doss then! (giggle)

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  8. MmmFebruary 20, 2009 at 5:01 PM

    you know i forget these terms or that they are unique to UK so thanks again for reminding me, you silly dosser!

    HAve you used "naff" yet?

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  9. UnknownFebruary 20, 2009 at 5:03 PM

    not yet mmmmm

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  10. Tami (Pixeltrash)February 20, 2009 at 5:58 PM

    We have a similar term that means the same thing. It is SOOFA. We SOOFA'd all day. Which stands for "Sat on our fat A**es"

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  11. Betsy Banks AdamsFebruary 20, 2009 at 7:20 PM

    I relate to that word, Sarah!!!!! I am the Queen of Doss.
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  12. SilverbackFebruary 20, 2009 at 8:03 PM

    Are you sure that's not cock-a-nee rhyming slang there, Sarah ??!!

    I've vaguely heard of 'dossing around' but not for a long time and certainly not in any other context, like being a dosser. No wonder foreigners find our language so difficult to master when even we natives use words differently.

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  13. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2009 at 10:37 PM

    And not to be confused with t*****!

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  14. GaelynFebruary 20, 2009 at 10:44 PM

    I love my doss time. I could doss around for days. Guess I'm a dosser.

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  15. JanetFebruary 21, 2009 at 12:48 AM

    I plan on doing a lot of dossing about this weekend. Have a good one.

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  16. UnknownFebruary 21, 2009 at 4:53 AM

    Doss! Hahaha! That is so me. I am a dosser too. :P

    Hiya from SITS!

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  17. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2009 at 5:11 AM

    Dossing is great, so is being a dosser!

    ...not to be confused with being a tosser, though...

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  18. Sandi McBrideFebruary 21, 2009 at 9:51 AM

    ah, that's a new one! I've heard duffer but not dosser...thank you Sarah...let me go doff about now...house work has got me knackered!
    Sandi

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