hootchie-cootchie
its meaning is derived from the french “couche,” past part of “coucher” which means “to lay down.” the hootchy-kootchy (hoochi-coochi) or cooch dance is a pseudo-turkish, sensual dance executed only by women in short skirts, bare midriffs and tight breastbands, which is said to have originated at the philadelphia centennial fair (may-nov-1876.)
the term has been carried over to mean any so-called partnerless female “s-xy or risqué” dance performed at fairs, carnivals, saloons and burlesques clubs etcetera where women would be encouraged (or exploited) to perform such dances in a more provocative manner originally used to help gain attendance to sell alcohol to the patrons of a saloon etc.
spelled as hootchie-cootchie or hootchy-cootchy, it is part of the music history of cab calloway (minnie the moocher) and muddy waters (hootchie-cootchie man)
a woman of questionable virtue, especially from the prohibitionist flapper era.
from hootch (alcohol) and cooter (v-g-n-). people who visited speakeasies were considered to be of low cl-ss and even lower morals, and prost-tutes were often seen in and around speakeasies, particularly in large cities.
made popular in america by cab calloway’s song “minnie the moocher”, in which minnie is a comp-ssionate prost-tute who becomes very rich, and revived in britain through its appearance on an episode of “jeeves & wooster” featuring stephen fry and hugh laurie respectively.
a)folks, now here’s the story ’bout minnie the moocher / she was a red-hot hootchie cootchie
b) wooster: i mean, all this ho de ho de ho stuff is pretty clear, but what do you suppose a hootchie cootchie is exactly?
jeeves: it’s hard to say, sir, unless it’s in connection with one of the demotic american words for ardent spirits. i’m thinking of hootch, a word of eskimo origin , i’m informed.
wooster (amazed): you bl–dy well are informed, jeeves. do you know everything?
jeeves (dryly): i really don’t know, sir.
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