As in:
'Hi,' I say.
'Hey.' D'urg.
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NOT immediately. When my son gets home from cutting out industrial kitchens, I will ask.
Wouldn't be a corruption of the '70s 'Der', would it? as in
-well naturally
-aber naturlich
-of course
I think it sounds a bit more like “d’oh” - like when there is a “spunky” guy around. We discussed whether it was “dog” as in "dawg" but I don’t think it’s that. It’s more like knee-trembling stuff. I thought it could be a forehead-slapping kind of thing but I don't know if they do that any more! Any help from your son will be much appreciated!
Could it not just be a nonsense syllable, onomatapoeic perhaps?
The sound of flusteredness: "D'urg."
Only other thing I can think of is, "durgs" is an internet corruption of "drugs", used to imply that someone/something is boring and drugged out. Like, "that guy is durgs." Probably not helpful, tho, in context.
Hi Anonymous, it's not as nonsensical as I had thought though. I just found another instance of it here:
'Do you answer this number?' He asks cheekily. When he's being cheeky, the d'urg is less pronounced.
I think it's maybe a reference to some kind of sexiness? But then I thought maybe it's actually a noise this fella makes in his throat, and it's not entirely off-putting. I'm hoping it will become clearer...
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