jesse
@ July 13, 2008


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I'll admit, it's possible that I've listened to too much Top 40 radio.  Maybe after hearing the same song over and over again, the bloodied and useless corpse of my sense of taste for music is no longer there to tell me when something is shitty or if I just like it because I've heard it 25 times in the last 3 days, and I've adapted like a part some horrible Darwinian experiment.  That being said, I'm pretty sure this song is awesome.

Unfortunately, I can't embed the video, but click here and listen, then come back.  I'll wait.

Okay, now pretend I didn't tell you what the name of the song was, and you were hearing it on the radio for the first time.  Do you know what he is saying in the chorus? I didn't.  And not only that, it seems like he doesn't either.

My dugget.  My duggy? My ducket.  My doggy? My dougy.  My ducky?

I'M FRESH.

Okay, but now you know he's saying "My Dougie." What the hell does that mean?  Usually, my first stop to solve any slang mystery is the venerable institution of the Urban Dictionary.


"The term "dougie" derives from the name of 80's early 90's Hip Hopper Doug-E- Fresh. The term "dougie" means to have a cool or hip stlye.
If we are going to go out tonight I need to go home and get dougie before we go."
Hmm... I'm not sure I buy that explanation.  And Wikipedia is strangely silent on the topic.

Thankfully, there is no end to the resources available on the internet.  And, for the first time in its recorded history, the authority on this topic is "Yahoo! Answers":

"teboz@s got it...mayne if u aint from Dallas(D-Town stay down mayne 214) u aint gon kno wtf we talkin bout....chek them dances up in youtube...all yall sayin its cuz of Dougie Fresh got dat isshh wrong...lol
214
D-Town Stay Down
Webb Chappel Reppa!!!!
WCC
Nawf Dallas

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tha chick from dallas should kno wut i mean wit all those lil tags i put up there^^^^ if not she aint down"
Aha! Um, glad we got that sorted out.  Well, at least from this it is clear that the reference to Doug E. Fresh is a misguided attempt by white people to make sense of this song.  Further down the rabbit whole we go... to the second entry at the Answers page:

"I'm from Dallas which is where the song originated. A "dougie" is a style of haircut that boys have. So thats what it is reffering too. I know a song can be made about anything. But that's why the dance kinda resembles a guy rubbing his hair and lookin in the mirror with his other hand."
lil_wil.jpgPS: I tried calling the phone number that flashes up in the video (If you want to try for yourself, it is 214-329-1854), and got Lil Wil's voicemail.  He wasn't able to take my call right now, for which he apologizes, but he is busy in the studio working on his next album.  Also: FRESH.  

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