Mephisto 2634

[Nical]

17 Across. Tidy old finance chancellor, in short - get shot! (5) do-ce
Am considering 'douce' and 'dolce' - but can't settle on which. As this is the last answer I've to get, I'd welcome other people's thoughts. Thanks.

[dr b]

The wordplay suggests DO (tidy) + Old + C.E., and 'dooce' means to get fired from one's job (get shot?), although I can only confirm that 'dooce' is a newish bit of internet slang.

[Nical]

Yes, dr b, that sounds far better than my reasoning - 'dooce' it is!

[Quizmonster]

Dooce is in Chambers and was coined in the US in 1975.

[dr b]

Although the blogger known as Dooce was born in 1975, the word appears to have been coined well after that:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dooce

I have been in the US since 1960 and have never heard the word before.

[Quizmonster]

My apologies. The woman who coined the word was BORN in 1975. I simply misread the words in Chambers.