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hoot(e)nanny, hootananny orig. U.S. dial.|ˈhuːt(ə)nænɪ|
[Origin unknown.]
1. A ‘thingumajig’.
2. An informal session or concert of folk music and singing. Also transf.
1929Amer. Speech V. 151 Hootananny, the same as gadget. 1940Washington (Seattle) New Dealer 25 July 4 (Advt.), The New Dealer's Midsummer Hootenanny. You Might Even Be Surprised! 1959[see ceilidh]. 1962W. Schirra in Into Orbit 31 Don't worry about it. That's just the hootenanny valve on the watchamacallit fluttering a little. 1963Daily Mail 11 Sept. 8/4 Hootenanny...is to the folk singer what a jam session is to the jazzman. 1964Radio Times 5 Mar. 25/1 The Hoot'nanny Show. 1964Punch 2 Sept. 348/1 A report of one of the side-shows in the psychiatrists' hootenanny held in London last week. 1964Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 13 Jan. (1970) 44, I love folk music, but the name ‘Hootenanny’ rather repels me. 1972Time 5 June 4/2 Memorial Day: a three day national hootenanny. |