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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Hootenanny #164843 01/04/2007 1:14 PM Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1 dgcurrie stranger dgcurrie stranger Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1 I remember this word from my childhood. My mother, aunt and I think grandmother would use it in the following way .. I don't give a hootenanny! Meaning "a darn" or perhaps "a damn'. Can anyone corrborate this usage? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hootenanny #164844 01/04/2007 2:11 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Hi, dg, and welcome aBoard. I've heard "don't give a hoot" all my life; I guess your family just added on to it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hootenanny #164845 01/04/2007 6:46 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA OED - HOOT- an inarticulate exclamation; a shout of laughter. HOOT - Money, especially as recompense. HOOT -Laugh loudly; assail with shouts of disapproval, derisio; drive away by hooting. HOOTENANNY - a gadget; an informal party esp with folk music. I have heard hoot used as in "I don't give a hoot" and Hootenanny as in "It was a great Hootenanny" but never heard "Never gave a hootnanny"" Hmmmmm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hootenanny #164846 01/04/2007 7:20 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I never gave a hootenanny cos I thought the neighbours might object to the noise. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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