It seems to be used in a Robert Charlebois' song : LE RÉEL À PAULINE http://www.frmusique.ru/texts/c/charlebois_robert/reelapauline.htm Mais ça fait rien, je l'aime pareil mon gros C'est un bon garçon, y est pas trop guerlot Non pas ce soir, mon beau Pitou Ah tigidou, je l'aime right through Non pas ce soir, mon beau Pitou Ah tigidou, je l'aime right through But I could not tell you what it means
Here is a context (written by a friend from Montreal): Dis à Isa que j'ai appellé au Fort Chambly et que je pense que c'est tigidou. Does that just mean "great", or is it more than that? Also, with regards to pronunciation: is it a hard or a soft 'g'?
Nchoi, Tigidou can mean 'O.K.' or 'Okie-Dokie!' It's said by some people in Québec. Sometimes it sounds more like 'tsee gee doo' (the g is hard). Floise
tiguidou tiguidou = diguidou = c'est d'accord, c'est réglé; parfait; au revoir [Qué][fam.][sim.à l'anglais 'tickety-boo' = all right, in order, just fine] o.k., all right, agreed; that's settled; that's perfect, impeccable; bye, so long, see you, toodaloo As far as I know, very common in French Canada.
The word "tiguidou" isn't used a lot in Canada but as a child I remember a few people using it to mean "everything is OK'. As in "L'affaire est tiguidou" = "L'affaire est réglée". I also remember French-speaking "First-Nations" people saying "tiguidou" in the place of "good-bye" (salut, see you later etc..."). I still hear that on occasion... I think of that when I hear Americans in my wife's state of Texas say "Toodaloo" instead of "good-bye"... Albert
It is possible that "tiguidou" derives from the English expression "tickety-boo", which has essentially the same meaning - everything is just fine or going as planned. Although heard most often in Canada, it is thought to be of British origin. There is a Scottish children's song called "Everything is Tickety-boo". Another hypothesis is that it derives from the Hindee expression "Tickee babu" (everything is alright sir") and made its way to the UK via the British army.
