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Hootenanny


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Came first in group 425 in round 1 with 255 votes

beat Whiff on 199 votes
beat Cavil on 78 votes
beat Stiffen on 51 votes


Came fourth in group 107 in round 2 with 89 votes

beaten by Discombobulate on 447 votes
beaten by Faff on 282 votes
beaten by Squirrel on 120 votes



English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown; potentially Scottish. Use is tied to the Appalachian culture in the US.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hootenanny (plural hootenannies)

  1. (music) An informal, festive performance by folk singers, often including audience participation with the use of acoustic instruments.
    Coordinate term: jam session
    • 2013 August 11, Jody Rosen, “Jody Rosen on the Rise of Bro-Country”, in New York Magazine‎[1]:
      It bespoke country’s devotion to realism, to songs about Saturday night’s hootenanny and Sunday morning’s moral reckoning, not to mention the kitchen-table truths of Monday through Friday.
  2. (obsolete) A placeholder word for a nonspecific or forgotten thing.
    Synonyms: thingamajig; see also Thesaurus:thingy

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