† ballyhoon.¹

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ballahoo n.

Etymology: Probably a variant of ballahoo n. Compare slightly later ballyhoo of blazes n.

Obsolete Nautical slang (dismissive).

A vessel which is worn out, slovenly, run-down, or otherwise disliked. Cf. ballyhoo of blazes n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > old or useless vessel

hull1582

coffin1833

ballyhoo1836

old lady1841

rack-heap1850

wreck1896

crock1903

rust bucket1944

1836 Knickerbocker Aug. 203 Jack Marlinspike, who had been first dickey of an Indiaman, couldn't get a situation afore the mast of a Ballyhoo coasting-brig.

1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Jan. 67/2 Expressing their opinion that by daybreak the enemy..would be hull-down out of sight. ‘To be sure she will,’ cried Israel.., ‘old ballyhoo that she is.’

1859 T. R. Warren Dust & Foam 339 I had fallen in with a good many forlorn craft; but I had never met a more perfect type of what a sailor calls a ballyhoo, than was this one.

1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous iii. 69 Tom Platt, this bally-hoo's not the Ohio.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

ballyhoon.²

Brit.

/ˌbalɪˈhuː/, U.S.

/ˈbæliˌhu/

Forms: 1900s– ballahoo (Caribbean), 1900s– ballyho (Scottish), 1900s– ballyhoo.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: ballyhooly n., ballyhoo n.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps shortened < ballyhooly n., in which case the sense ‘showman's touting speech’ would appear to be a specialized use of ‘commotion, uproar, noisy fuss’. Compare the following quot. (from a mock-heroic poem about a game of chess), which may show a shortened form of ballyhooly n., and also to raise hell at hell n. and int. Phrases 5g:1887 Columbia Chess Chron. 23 July 128/1 And to Koelerius spake he, In accents crystal clear, ‘Stenibsius hath written That the King should move to here. It keeps the Queen from flirting, And I'd suggest to you, To take the Knight and check the King And raise Old Balihoo.’ Alternatively, it has sometimes been suggested (e.g. by A. L. Hench in Amer. Speech (1945) 20 184–6 and Amer. Speech (1965) 40 32–9) that the word is a transferred use of ballyhoo n.¹, but there appears to be no evidence to support this, and the formal resemblance between the two words may be coincidental. Perhaps compare also hullabaloo n. For a summary of some other (often speculative) etymological suggestions, see H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 4, 1936) 188 and H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II (1948) 684.

Originally U.S.

Originally (at a carnival, etc.): a showman's touting speech, or a performance advertising a show. Hence (as mass noun): bombastic nonsense; extravagant or brash publicity; noisy fuss.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style > bombast

thundering1564

bombast1589

fustiana1593

taratantara1599

bombard-phrasea1637

heroics1638

bombacea1661

rant1662

Lexiphanicism1767

streperosity1772

puff1821

taffeta1821

polyphloisboioism1823

flabbergast1831

highfalutin1847

highfalutination1858

carmagnole1860

Barnumism1862

ballyhoo1901

1901 World's Work Aug. 1100/2 First there is the ballyhoo—any sort of a performance outside the show, from the coon songs of the pickaninnies in front of the Old Plantation, to the tinkling tamborines of the dancers on the stage of ‘Around the World’.

1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 16 Bally hoo, noun. Current amongst exhibition and ‘flat-joint’ grafters. A free entertainment used for a decoy to attract customers.

1914 Philad. Evening Post 9 May A live, little park full of side show tents..with..barkers spieling before the entrances and all the ballyhoos going at full blast.

1925 H. L. Foster Trop. Tramp with Tourists 36 Above all, don't let them use a megaphone. It's too much like a ballyhoo.

1927 Daily Express 21 Sept. 1/2 Mr. Wiener, chairman of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission..calls Dempsey's letter ‘mere ballyhoo’.

1928 Daily Express 3 Mar. 9/3 Mr. McAndrew characterised Mr. Thompson's charges as ‘lies and ballyhoo’.

1952 J. B. Martin Life in Crime 20 During the war there'd been a lot of ballyhoo about the uniforms.

1986 New Statesman 26 Sept. 16/1 What happened between the advance ballyhoo and the broadcast of the first episode.

2003 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 19 Oct. 72/3 The inaugural National Retailers Association Awards took off on a glittery flight to fashion ballyhoo. A bouncy, buzzy crowd,..heaps of kissy-kissy and lots of how-have-you-been, darling?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

ballyhoov.

Brit.

/ˌbalɪˈhuː/, U.S.

/ˈbæliˌhu/

Forms: see ballyhoo n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ballyhoo n.²

Etymology: < ballyhoo n.² Compare earlier ballyhooer n., ballyhooing n.

transitive. To advertise with ballyhoo, to promote or praise extravagantly; (also) to cajole with ballyhoo.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > types or methods of advertising > [verb (transitive)] > advertise ostentatiously or extravagantly

quack1646

puff1734

Barnumize1851

boom1879

ballyhoo1911

1911 Marble Rock (Iowa) Jrnl. 16 Nov. 4/3 The match has been ballyhooed ‘the most sensational ever seen’.

1921 Amer. Woman Jan. 13/1 Standing on the soap-box..Rodney Burke, late of Scranton's elite, ballyhooed a joyous crowd of rustics.

1927 Scots Observer 28 May Our people will not be bullied and bally-hoed into churchgoing or anything else.

1928 Weekly Disp. 6 May 15/2 How the late P. T. Barnum would have enjoyed ballyhoo-ing this new Drury Lane spectacle!

1948 Atlantic Mar. 24/1 They are ballyhooed, pushed, yelled, screamed, and in every way propagandized into the consciousness of the voters.

1966 Economist 20 Aug. 748/1 British Rail is ballyhooing the pleasures of its electrified services a bit loudly.

1994 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 9 Nov. c2/3 In a recent TV Guide ballyhooing the fifth anniversary of her ‘House of Style’, MTV host Cindy Crawford made five predictions concerning the future of fashion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹1836

n.²1901

v.1911

单词	ballyhoo
释义	† ballyhoon.¹ Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ballahoo n. Etymology: Probably a variant of ballahoo n. Compare slightly later ballyhoo of blazes n. Obsolete Nautical slang (dismissive). A vessel which is worn out, slovenly, run-down, or otherwise disliked. Cf. ballyhoo of blazes n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > old or useless vessel hull1582 coffin1833 ballyhoo1836 old lady1841 rack-heap1850 wreck1896 crock1903 rust bucket1944 1836 Knickerbocker Aug. 203 Jack Marlinspike, who had been first dickey of an Indiaman, couldn't get a situation afore the mast of a Ballyhoo coasting-brig. 1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Jan. 67/2 Expressing their opinion that by daybreak the enemy..would be hull-down out of sight. ‘To be sure she will,’ cried Israel.., ‘old ballyhoo that she is.’ 1859 T. R. Warren Dust & Foam 339 I had fallen in with a good many forlorn craft; but I had never met a more perfect type of what a sailor calls a ballyhoo, than was this one. 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous iii. 69 Tom Platt, this bally-hoo's not the Ohio. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2018). ballyhoon.² Brit. /ˌbalɪˈhuː/, U.S. /ˈbæliˌhu/ Forms: 1900s– ballahoo (Caribbean), 1900s– ballyho (Scottish), 1900s– ballyhoo. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: ballyhooly n., ballyhoo n.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps shortened < ballyhooly n., in which case the sense ‘showman's touting speech’ would appear to be a specialized use of ‘commotion, uproar, noisy fuss’. Compare the following quot. (from a mock-heroic poem about a game of chess), which may show a shortened form of ballyhooly n., and also to raise hell at hell n. and int. Phrases 5g:1887 Columbia Chess Chron. 23 July 128/1 And to Koelerius spake he, In accents crystal clear, ‘Stenibsius hath written That the King should move to here. It keeps the Queen from flirting, And I'd suggest to you, To take the Knight and check the King And raise Old Balihoo.’ Alternatively, it has sometimes been suggested (e.g. by A. L. Hench in Amer. Speech (1945) 20 184–6 and Amer. Speech (1965) 40 32–9) that the word is a transferred use of ballyhoo n.¹, but there appears to be no evidence to support this, and the formal resemblance between the two words may be coincidental. Perhaps compare also hullabaloo n. For a summary of some other (often speculative) etymological suggestions, see H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 4, 1936) 188 and H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II (1948) 684. Originally U.S. Originally (at a carnival, etc.): a showman's touting speech, or a performance advertising a show. Hence (as mass noun): bombastic nonsense; extravagant or brash publicity; noisy fuss. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style > bombast thundering1564 bombast1589 fustiana1593 taratantara1599 bombard-phrasea1637 heroics1638 bombacea1661 rant1662 Lexiphanicism1767 streperosity1772 puff1821 taffeta1821 polyphloisboioism1823 flabbergast1831 highfalutin1847 highfalutination1858 carmagnole1860 Barnumism1862 ballyhoo1901 1901 World's Work Aug. 1100/2 First there is the ballyhoo—any sort of a performance outside the show, from the coon songs of the pickaninnies in front of the Old Plantation, to the tinkling tamborines of the dancers on the stage of ‘Around the World’. 1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 16 Bally hoo, noun. Current amongst exhibition and ‘flat-joint’ grafters. A free entertainment used for a decoy to attract customers. 1914 Philad. Evening Post 9 May A live, little park full of side show tents..with..barkers spieling before the entrances and all the ballyhoos going at full blast. 1925 H. L. Foster Trop. Tramp with Tourists 36 Above all, don't let them use a megaphone. It's too much like a ballyhoo. 1927 Daily Express 21 Sept. 1/2 Mr. Wiener, chairman of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission..calls Dempsey's letter ‘mere ballyhoo’. 1928 Daily Express 3 Mar. 9/3 Mr. McAndrew characterised Mr. Thompson's charges as ‘lies and ballyhoo’. 1952 J. B. Martin Life in Crime 20 During the war there'd been a lot of ballyhoo about the uniforms. 1986 New Statesman 26 Sept. 16/1 What happened between the advance ballyhoo and the broadcast of the first episode. 2003 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 19 Oct. 72/3 The inaugural National Retailers Association Awards took off on a glittery flight to fashion ballyhoo. A bouncy, buzzy crowd,..heaps of kissy-kissy and lots of how-have-you-been, darling? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). ballyhoov. Brit. /ˌbalɪˈhuː/, U.S. /ˈbæliˌhu/ Forms: see ballyhoo n.² Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ballyhoo n.² Etymology: < ballyhoo n.² Compare earlier ballyhooer n., ballyhooing n. transitive. To advertise with ballyhoo, to promote or praise extravagantly; (also) to cajole with ballyhoo. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > types or methods of advertising > [verb (transitive)] > advertise ostentatiously or extravagantly quack1646 puff1734 Barnumize1851 boom1879 ballyhoo1911 1911 Marble Rock (Iowa) Jrnl. 16 Nov. 4/3 The match has been ballyhooed ‘the most sensational ever seen’. 1921 Amer. Woman Jan. 13/1 Standing on the soap-box..Rodney Burke, late of Scranton's elite, ballyhooed a joyous crowd of rustics. 1927 Scots Observer 28 May Our people will not be bullied and bally-hoed into churchgoing or anything else. 1928 Weekly Disp. 6 May 15/2 How the late P. T. Barnum would have enjoyed ballyhoo-ing this new Drury Lane spectacle! 1948 Atlantic Mar. 24/1 They are ballyhooed, pushed, yelled, screamed, and in every way propagandized into the consciousness of the voters. 1966 Economist 20 Aug. 748/1 British Rail is ballyhooing the pleasures of its electrified services a bit loudly. 1994 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 9 Nov. c2/3 In a recent TV Guide ballyhooing the fifth anniversary of her ‘House of Style’, MTV host Cindy Crawford made five predictions concerning the future of fashion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1836n.²1901v.1911
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