whistling dixie


according to the american heritage dictionary, to “whistle dixie” is “(to engage)] in unrealistically rosy fantasizing”. usually, it’s used in a negative way…”don’t just whistle dixie”, for example, means “don’t sit on your -ss wasting time”.

it comes from the popular southern song, dixieland.

see also, self-delusion, daydreaming, and/or bullsh-t.
“your angel’s whistling dixie!”
-ms. scarlet in the movie “clue”, to a door-to-door evangelist

“what are you doing, sittin’ on your -ss whistling dixie? do some godd-mn work for a change!”
-my eccentric co-worker
when a co-worker whistles nonstop all day long. and they are in close proximity to you.
frank is so f-cking annoying, he’s been a regular whistling dixie all day.
the particular high achieved by taking mushrooms (more commonly refered to as “tripping shrooms”).
when you trip on shrooms you whistle dixie, or you are whistling dixie.

(if you’ve done shrooms you understand.)

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