Language of the Blues - Edmonton Blues Society
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New Orleans boogie-<br />
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Songs:<br />
- Georgia White<br />
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- Edith North Johnson<br />
- Joe Liggins<br />
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- Big Joe Turner (Joe Turner)<br />
H O O C H I E C O O C H I E, H O O T C H I E C O O T C H I E<br />
Coochie (also spelled cootchie) is slang <br />
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-coochie dancer is a stripper, and a hoochiecoochie<br />
man is a pimp- or at least someone with strong powers <strong>of</strong> persuasion<br />
over women.<br />
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and fertility even before <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> written language. The Indo-European root<br />
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Slang terms for vagina, <br />
The same<br />
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an idea and a baby.<br />
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moonshine.<br />
Hooch came from <strong>the</strong> Hoochinoo tribe <strong>of</strong> Alaska, known for its potent homemade brew.<br />
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hoochie with coochie.<br />
Rap music has made hoochie and hoochie-mama popular modern terms for a<br />
promiscuous woman who dresses revealingly to get attention, as opposed to a straight up<br />
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And, <strong>of</strong> course, <strong>the</strong> hoochie coochie<br />
dance is still with us, according to <strong>the</strong> National Enquirer<br />
Jennifer Lopez explodes at fiancé Ben Affleck when she walked in and found him<br />
enjoying a private hoochie-coochie dance performed by curvy co-star<br />
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Question: Does that make Ben a hoochie?<br />
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