Duh's The Word! Doc's The Man!

My suspicions were nearly confirmed today regarding Doc's recent column in the Ottawa Sun on The Greatest Rock Band. He must have been on some literary steroid when he wrote that piece on his choice for the number one band of all time. Entertainment writer Ann Marie McQueen's article in today's Sun includes a quote from Doc on the results of the week long readers' poll in which The Rolling Stones came out heavily favoured with 41% support, a 33% lead over their nearest competitors, The Beatles. (The online version of the poll ran longer, showing the Beatles with a vastly improved rating.)

After dolling out the kudos to him on the air and on this blog, in which I marveled at his unexpected eloquence and gifted articulation, I was almost deflated to read his reaction.

"Well duh," he said when told the news yesterday. "They are the greatest rock 'n' roll band ever."

Well Duh?

I was hopeful that his successful foray into the world of written expression would, somehow, waft its contagion over to his verbal side. But that was until did a little research to make sure that I was right in being disappointed.

I was wrong.

A quick check on the word "duh" over at Dictionary.com produced just 2 lines:

Used to express disdain for something deemed stupid or obvious, especially a self-evident remark.
[Imitative of an utterance attributed to slow-witted people.]

So it was definitely an accurate response and well within context. Still, I wondered if he couldn't not have chosen an equally salient yet less pedestrian utterance. But a Thesaurus look-up revealed the following:

No entry found for duh.

So, I stand corrected. What-evarrrr!