1 Gussy up 2 Craftsman tool for removing screws

The latter usage is evidently new, but is it a made-up or trademark term, and how did you find out

Thanks guys

I thought deck out was the antonym of jack in.

The only use of "deck out" that I know is a, possibly local, colloquial use, usually in the form "decked out" meaning something like "equiped" and usually used of someone who is dressed in his best clothes or is going to a shop to buy a lot of nice new clothes.

eg

He's all decked out in his best suit.


Incidentally waht does "gussy up" mean? I never heard that one before.

what does "gussy up" mean?

Gussied up means decked out or dressed to the nines.

They don't say "gussy up" in England? It's fairly common here.

One of my bloggers suggests that the expr arises from the use of the tool in building a deck

But I can't believe it

The Online Etymology Dictionary says that the verb "to deck" means

quote:

"adorn" (as in deck the halls), c.1500, from M.Du. dekken "to cover," from the same P.Gmc. root as deck (n.).

altogether now...

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, tra-la-la-la-la la-la la-la

Or for a song less well-known and more jaded,

And if one day I should become
A singer with a Spanish bum
Who sings for women of great virtue
I'd sing to them with a guitar
I borrowed from coffee bar
Well, what you don't know doesn't hurt you
My name would be Antonio
And all my bridges I would burn
And if I gave them some they'd know
I expect something in return.
I'd have to get drunk every night
To talk about virility
With some old grandmother who might
Be decked out like a Christmas tree.
And tho' pink elephants I'd see
I'd sing the song they sang to me
About the time they called me Jackie.

- Jacques Brel

quote:

A singer with a Spanish bum

What nationality is the rest of his body?

Sorry - British English joke.