What exactly does the term rootin' tootin' mean? Exhaustive internet searches have yielded disappointing returns—the most cogent being this etymology forum where the participants merely examine the definitions of the individual words rooting (as in to root) and tooting (as in to toot).
Whilst talking to Alyse the other day during a diaper change, I referred to her as the rootin-est, tootin-est baby around, when I suddenly realized exactly how applicable—a double entendre if you will—that phrase is in reference to babies at large.
After all, babies both root and toot. Indeed, these are two things at which they are amazingly and inherently prolific.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
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