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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat kind of person do you picture when that person is described as "a hoot"?
I don't know why, but whenever someone tells me that some unknown person X is a hoot, I picture that person as an obese drunk.
I think it's supposed to mean that that person is funny and outrageous, and maybe there's considerable overlap between those categories, but there it is.
Sanity Claws
(21,873 posts)I don't hear young people using that word.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)A drunk barn owl given to lascivious or otherwise outrageous humor.
Solly Mack
(90,836 posts)in my experience.
I don't picture anything - I do hear "X" is funny.
hlthe2b
(102,669 posts)Chipper Chat
(9,722 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)who is always jovial and entertaining.
Donkees
(31,590 posts)Woody-Hoot 2012 in Vermont
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Docreed2003
(16,918 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,904 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)In my memory, definitely over 50, not obese, not necessarily drunk, but certainly often drinking...
LeftInTX
(25,948 posts)And fun to be with...like, "We always take Lucy with us because she such a hoot".
rurallib
(62,530 posts)whenever I hear someone say that guy is a hoot, this image jumps into my brain.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,144 posts)who's really funny an entertaining, maybe in a somewhat eccentric way.
DFW
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Fla Dem
(23,981 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...his wacky, outrageous sense of humor is his most endearing quality...
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