Pardon my ignorance, as I'm not originally a Philadelphian, and I'm
also possibly of the wrong sex/gender, but what is a deely-bopper?
Online Merriam Webster's unabridged and OED yielded no results.
Elliot
On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at 12:49 PM, Knight, Sandra ((US -
Philadelphia)) wr
Elliot M. Stern wrote:
Pardon my ignorance, as I'm not originally a Philadelphian, and I'm
also possibly of the wrong sex/gender, but what is a deely-bopper?
Online Merriam Webster's unabridged and OED yielded no results.
They're those springy antennae that people clip onto their heads.
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Title: Re: [UC] organic local turkeys?
Someone emailed me with this question so I thought I'd post the answer to the listserv.
Sorry to bother you, but where/what is the Farmstand??
The Fair Food Farmstand is a stand in center court in the Reading Terminal Market (12 & Arch) every Friday run b
Gee whiz, Elliot, was that the only comment you could find to make? I
was hoping it was at least a tad entertaining.
A deely-bopper is a plastic headband that has two extensions on it about
where rabbit ears would stick up. Usually metal coils with a small
diameter attached to big plastic whate
A deely-bopper is a plastic headband, with antennae-like attachments that wave around
and bounce. There are often glittery hearts, or stars, or fluffy things attached to
the ends of the antennae; some of them light up.
Frequently worn by little girls, people at parades or outdoor concerts, or s
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Are
they involved with the Livengood's farm produce? They have a stall in the
center and sell tomatoes that taste like the original Jersey tomatoes used to
taste like.
Sande Knight Deloitte. Assurance & Advisory
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215-405-3178
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Thanks to Katherine Schultz, Brian Siano, and Kathleen Turner
explaining what a deely-bopper is. I must have seen them many times.
Probably my daughter had one about ten to twelve years ago. But I never
had a name for it.
Elliot
Elliot M. Stern
552 South 48th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19143-2029
And thanks to Sande Knight, as well.
May I add that I am now amused by the account, as I now know what the
deely-bopper is, and can picture how outlandish you must have looked.
Elliot
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