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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Warning: this thread may lower your intelligence #171595 11/25/2007 8:08 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 These hallowed forums. Such wit. Such erudition. I am sorry for asking the following question. When one tickles a baby's chin, it is customary to make a sound that is, approximately (ahem): "Coochy coochy coo!" The problem: I need to use this exclamation in something I am writing. The question: Is this the standard spelling? Coochy coochy coo gets the most google hits so far. But is there another spelling I haven't tried that yields five, ten, twenty times more G-hits? Tsk! Vroom! Schlump! Whaam! If these can be confirmed with a Dictionary, why not Coochy coo? OED citations welcome. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Warning: this thread may lower your intelligence Hydra #171625 11/26/2007 3:23 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky OED citations welcome. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Warning: this thread may lower your intelligence Jackie #171640 11/26/2007 9:28 PM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand 10 million for "goo goo" I feel slightly dumber already! heh heh! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Warning: this thread may lower your intelligence olly #171642 11/26/2007 9:32 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass coochie coo Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Warning: this thread may lower your intelligence olly #171646 11/26/2007 10:19 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Myridon addict Myridon addict Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Originally Posted By: olly 10 million for "goo goo" Hmm... I got: 8.8 million for goo goo (no quotes) 4.1 million for "goo goo" 0.8 million for "goo goo" -"goo goo dolls" I vote for cootchy coo 1,090 hits for "cootchy coo" 977 hits for "coochy coo" Last edited by Myridon; 11/26/2007 10:22 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Warning: this thread may lower your intelligence tsuwm #171649 11/26/2007 10:29 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Coochie, or cooch, is also slang for the pudendum muliebre; cf. hoochee coochee dance of Little Egypt. (Also, Hootchy-Kootchy or Hoochee-Coochee or the shimmy and shake.) [Addendum: More spellings and a short article.] Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Warning: this thread may lower your intelligence Hydra #171652 11/26/2007 11:56 PM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 74 Sandy, Utah pennyless journeyman pennyless journeyman Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 74 Sandy, Utah I always thought that it had a "t" in it, exemplified here , unless you are a total yuppie, in which case this one might be more germane! See - my IQ has already been lowered a few points! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Warning: this thread may lower your intelligence pennyless #171654 11/27/2007 2:43 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Oh thanks, Hydra: you've brought dumb and dumber to AWAD! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Warning: this thread may lower your intelligence Jackie #171666 11/27/2007 5:04 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Myridon shows us 1,090 hits for "cootchy coo". Of course! The "t". The words "smoochy" and "coot" (both in the dictionary) establish a phonemic precedent for "cootchy cootchy coo". Case closed. (What to make of this image is another question.) 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