Posted: 2/7/2005 10:14:23 AM EDT
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What exactly does it mean when you call someone a "Dandy"? Is that the same as calling them a fag or a panzy? |
+1 The modern vernacular. |
Didn't Black Oak Arkansas have a song called "Jim Dandy to the rescue?" Was there a subliminal meaning to the song? Most southerners I've met here in Texas just call me "asshole." |
Yes there is that song and I have seen them in concert. Don't know the words are very familiar with the song so I don't know. I'm sure your fellow Texans are accurate in their assement. 
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Like calling someone a 'Nancy-boy'!  Actually, a 'Dandy' is not quite any of those terms, just someone who takes unnecessary or inappropriate care and attention to their clothing. Eric The(Southern)Hun 
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Yes, I've heard of that. But that's not common speech. That's an old song title. "Hey, Bill, you ever get your truck fixed?" "Naw, there's a problem with the dandy." That would be common speech. |
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As in all things Southern, it strictly depends on the inflections used within the context of the conversation. It's a saying like: "Bless his heart," which can be used to issue a reaction or comment that's anywhere from sincere sympathy to abject facetiousness. I use "Dandy" in describing someone to relay anything from "he's cool," to "he's pretentious," |
They're not; but the ignorant ones still fighting the civil war (on the side of Dixie), hating Catholics, yankees, and anybody who doesn't buy their bullshit think they're accurate.
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Catholics and Yankees are some of my best friends. The War Between the States is over. Just need to keep the history straight.
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