AEE 2647: Is This Episode a Doozy? How to Talk Something Intense but Light
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This is an All Ears English podcast, episode 2647. Is this episode a doozy? How to talk about something intense but light. Welcome to the All Ears English podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English?
How can you talk about something intense but light?
We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection. With your American hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl. coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA. To get real-time transcripts right on your phone and create your personalized vocabulary list, try the All Ears English app for iOS and Android. Start your seven-day free trial at allearsenglish.com forward slash app.
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Hey there, Michelle. How are you? Has it been a busy week for you? Has it been a doozy?
It's been a little bit of a doozy. I feel like every week is a doozy, but yeah, everything is good. How about you?
Oh, it's been a doozy for me too, Michelle. Yeah, just sleeping and just exercising and keeping things going here, keeping the podcast going. We are doing our best here. So what does this mean, a doozy? A doozy. It's such a funny word. Yeah.
Yeah.
But it's actually really useful for connection. And I mean, Lindsay, would you say that you use this? Do you hear it? I would say I do.
But it's so funny when people say it because it does sound a little strange.
Like, I know it's so funny. I mean, there are not many words that sound like this, right? Yeah. But it actually is pretty common, you know, to say, oh, it's a doozy. Like, even since planning this episode, I'll find myself just randomly say, you know, it'll just pop out. That's pretty funny. That's pretty funny. I love that. I just, I can't help it. Um, so, but I hear it too. It's not just that I say, this is not just my language. Um, but so today we're going to talk about this word and how it can be really useful for connection actually. Um, yeah. Yeah. But before we get into it, guys, we want to remind you to hit the follow button wherever you're listening to All Ears English.
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What common mistakes do English learners make?
All right. So what does it mean when you say that something is a doozy or was a doozy?
Yeah, so a doozy means something was intense or is intense in some way. It could be in a good way. It could be in a bad way. It's just, it's a lot. And this is a very theatrical word.
Yes. For example, so let's give some examples for our listeners here so they can really grab onto this because I'm pretty sure, Michelle, this word has not been in many textbooks, right? No. This is not something our listeners maybe haven't, maybe they haven't heard it yet, right? It might be brand new. So here's an example. That test was a doozy. I hope I passed.
So what do you mean when you say here?
I mean, that test was hard, right?
That was a hard test.
Yep.
Yeah. Or this winter has been a doozy. I am ready for spring.
Yes. Or election night was a doozy. I barely got any sleep.
We have that. Yeah. I mean, gosh, sometimes the elections can, it can take days to get results or staying up late.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:20
2
How can you talk about something intense but light?
0:20–3:38
3
What common mistakes do English learners make?
3:38–6:57
4
What does 'a doozy' mean and how is it used?
6:57–11:09
5
How can 'a doozy' be applied in everyday conversation?
11:09–16:39
Speakers
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