词汇 | hootenanny |
词源 | hootenanny. A hootenanny has since the 1950s been best known as a folk song concert or a lively gathering featuring musical entertainment. But the word can also be a derogatory epithet (“You’re nothin’ but a fat hootenanny”) and what is more commonly called a whatchamacallit, a thingama- bob, or a dingbat. |
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