hootenanny

来自苏格兰语hootenanny,庆祝，聚会。其本身可能为无意义杜撰词，或来自hoot nanny.该词现也用于指叫不出名字的物件名。比较thingamajig,whatchamacallit.

hootenanny (n.)

"informal session of folk musicians," 1940, American English, earlier "a gadget" (1927), of unknown origin, perhaps a nonsense word.

Another device used by the professional car thief, and one recently developed to perfection, according to a large Chicago lock-testing laboratory, is a "hootenanny," so-called by the criminals using it. ["Popular Mechanics," February 1931]