R.I.P. Hootenanny
It appears that the word "hootenanny" is one of several that were struck from the dictionary last year. We will now have to call them something else.
Such as "acoustic music/song-singing get-together on a porch in Arkansas that was amazing fun until Jeremy picked up his banjo and ruined it but then the pipes and whisky made up for it once he stopped."
Or maybe something a little shorter. I think "front porch shindig" might do.
Better suggestions?
6 Comments:
How about "hillbilly hoedown"?
We're keeping hootenanny, dictionary be damned.
If the dictionary is descriptive rather than proscriptive, then all we have to do is use the word any chance we have, and it will find it's way back into the dictionary next year. I propose that we all insert the word into at least one sentence a day, along with a contextual definition, such as: "I can't come to your house-warming party, because I have to go to a hootenanny tonight. Free-for-all American roots jamborees are rare these days, so I have to take advantage of every opportunity."
It's the least we can do for a word that has served us so well.
Lydia didn't actually write all that nonsense. Her husband did.
Taylor, quit posting as your wife.
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