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Chris -- 2018-04-11
‘hoity toity’ – 293,000 ghits
‘haughty taughty’ – 1,940 ghits
The former means, loosely, ‘pretentious’ – hence the possible eggcorn ‘haughty-taughty’ – folk etymology perhaps? I particularly enjoyed the third of the following examples…
... most part Waters sounds mannered and intentionally camp on most tracks, with plenty of odd vocal swoops and exaggerated, haughty-taughty enunciation. ...
www.slipcue.com/music/jazz/albums/W_01.html – 14k – Cached –
... and services which even after shipping expense averages a 50-60% savings from what you would expect to pay at any the ritzy haughty-taughty shops. ...
stores.ebay.com/Kitsch-n-Kaboodle – 82k – Cached –
Everybody has at one time been presented with haughty taughty stuffed quail with sultana infested rice on the side. Hesitation, difficulty, by candlelight, ...
kitchen-notebook.blogspot.com/2006/05/brochettes-de-caille-quail-kebabs.html – 37k – Cached
Last edited by Peter Forster (2006-12-23 04:54:04)
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