2006-11-16 09:31:28 · 12 answers · asked by birdy 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Mmm, got lots of different answers. I know it is from the Wizard of Oz.
2006-11-16 09:51:09 · update #1
I've used it personally as both slang for using the rest room for #1, but also when I need to be going to meet with College faculty in regards to the fate of my degree, because like the Wizard, in OZ, they too were mere mortals, but yet held the power of my future in their hands as they acted like deities.
2006-11-16 15:53:48 · answer #1 · answered by janssen411 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Off To See The Wizard
2016-09-30 00:41:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a quote from The Wizard of Oz. Scarecrow said it because he hoped that the wizard could give him a brain, so it is often said in reference to getting help with something. So when you ask a question on YA, maybe is a sense you could say, "I'm off to see the wizard!!"
2006-11-16 09:37:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know it is taken from the song in "The Wizard of Oz". I'm off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of oz,.....
Honestly I think it is used simply because it is so well known, almost a classic iconic use in our language. My friend says it when he uses the john. I think I might have used it once at work.
2006-11-16 09:34:32 · answer #4 · answered by Vikki Nicole 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a reference to the lyrics of a song in "The Wizard of Oz", a film presumably seen by every American man, woman and child.
2006-11-16 09:32:59 · answer #5 · answered by Koko Nut 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's from that song in the wizard of oz, "we're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of oz!" it just means that that they're going somewhere, presumably to see someone.
2006-11-16 09:36:59 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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What is the purpose of the paper? What kind of paper are you writing? You must always consider the audience when writing the paper. Perhaps this is an academic audience.
2016-04-08 13:48:52 · answer #7 · answered by Mary 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello Birdy, it's funny most of the answers that you're getting have to do with going to the bathroom.
My Mom used it every time she went to see the doctor!
2006-11-16 11:46:04 · answer #8 · answered by Emma J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means you are in a good mood and are leaving the house. Going anywhere
2006-11-16 09:44:01 · answer #9 · answered by PATRICIA MS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although I've never heard this one used, it seems pretty clear that the "I'm going to the bathroom" responses are correct.
'Wiz' or 'whiz' is slang for urnination. "I've got to take a whiz" meaning "I've got to piss".
'Wizard' is just a *clever* pun.
2006-11-16 10:31:01 · answer #10 · answered by Tony 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋