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We always said the bad kids where playing hooky to get a little nooky
LOL!
posted by
MiaElla
on September 12, 2007 at 8:23 AM
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hooky,
i went to a self hypnosis class once and that was the method they taught us to relax and repeat a word till the word meant nothing, i did it once......mmm
posted by
callista22001
on September 12, 2007 at 8:01 AM
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no clue as to hooky's origins, but there are quite a few words that when I
repeat them over and over they start sounding weirder and weirder. Weirder is one of them. Even looking at it looks weird. Weird. Weird. weirdweirdweirdweirdweirdweirdweirdweirdweirdweirdweirdweird.
posted by
FineYoungSinger
on September 12, 2007 at 7:26 AM
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I don't like playing hooky, from school or work.
I like not going in, don't get me wrong, I just feel guilty. What a sucker!
posted by
Antonionioni
on September 12, 2007 at 12:26 AM
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Very endearing....could be a song, letting the kids play hookey just to
spend time with them! That's cool! I like that.
You also made me feel better about my own sleep apnea problem; being haunted by a series of dreams over six months! And you couldn't sleep because of a word getting stuck! Pishaw! I feel much better now.
This is my analytical face.....so, hookey....I would say you created great memories on those days with your children, but maybe it's time to go fishing as well! Sounds good to me!
posted by
roadscross
on September 12, 2007 at 12:20 AM
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Good for you, Tattered_Knight
I never called in unless I was really sick. The regular hooky players made it difficult on the rest of us.
posted by
TAPS.
on September 11, 2007 at 9:30 PM
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Re: Re: Re: lustorlove
I can tell you are a real royal man
posted by
Lanetay
on September 11, 2007 at 9:30 PM
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Re: Re: lustorlove
Awwww........go on!!
posted by
Tattered_Knight
on September 11, 2007 at 9:25 PM
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Re: lustorlove
no doubt in my mind
posted by
Lanetay
on September 11, 2007 at 9:23 PM
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taps
Unfortunately not. I am a dedicated worker. The thought has crossed my mind, but I have never acted upon it. Must be the way I was raised
posted by
Tattered_Knight
on September 11, 2007 at 9:23 PM
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Pass ! No idea !
posted by
afzal50
on September 11, 2007 at 9:22 PM
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sounds funny
posted by
star4sky5
on September 11, 2007 at 9:16 PM
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Tattered_Knight
Do you ever play hooky from work?
posted by
TAPS.
on September 11, 2007 at 8:49 PM
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RIRI
Yes, I think my kids called it that too. Strange how they have so much "lingo" but yet choose something simple like skipping
posted by
Tattered_Knight
on September 11, 2007 at 8:25 PM
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enigmatic
Given the music you post, we have to be around the same age!
posted by
Tattered_Knight
on September 11, 2007 at 8:18 PM
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we called it skipping
posted by
riri0322
on September 11, 2007 at 8:17 PM
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T K
Right, you are - fish hook = 'hookey.' However (our generation) used 'ditch', like you and yours...
posted by
Enigmatic68
on September 11, 2007 at 8:15 PM
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soul builder
Yes! Call it what you will, it translates to FUN
posted by
Tattered_Knight
on September 11, 2007 at 8:11 PM
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Tattered
In my country we called it breaking L'ecole biche, probably french terminology. I don't think hockey is related to hooky. It probably is a local word popularized by movies or literature. It was damn good fun though.
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on September 11, 2007 at 8:09 PM
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krisles
Nookie came from Stepenwolf.........oh wait, that was
Sookie
posted by
Tattered_Knight
on September 11, 2007 at 8:00 PM
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Tattered
Okay.....now, what about nookie? Sorry, couldn't resist!! Seriously, it just came to mind from reading your post.....I love to learn the origins of words and expressions....just the sort of trivia that I seem to recall, when important things slip in one ear and out the other....
sigh....
posted by
Krisles
on September 11, 2007 at 7:57 PM
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lustorlove
Still alive, still manly!
posted by
Tattered_Knight
on September 11, 2007 at 7:53 PM
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T-Knight
it's pleasant to recall childhood days. Take care.
posted by
richinstore
on September 11, 2007 at 7:46 PM
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Re: Re: Re: tattered
Just testing your manhood
posted by
Lanetay
on September 11, 2007 at 7:32 PM
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Re: Re: tattered
I was until
she walked into my blog
posted by
Tattered_Knight
on September 11, 2007 at 7:05 PM
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lustorlove
I am familiar with the term "by hook or by crook" pertaining to the same thing. Never would have thought that it was derived from there. And, You are certainly welcome!
posted by
Tattered_Knight
on September 11, 2007 at 7:04 PM
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Re: tattered
thank you for coming to my site and reading my blog about reltionships, are you ok now?
posted by
Lanetay
on September 11, 2007 at 6:29 PM
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Re: tattered
Hookey" (also spelled "hooky") apparently developed from the colloquial phrase "hooky-crooky" common in the early 19th century, which meant "dishonest or underhanded." The connection between the two phrases becomes clearer when we recall that to "play hookey" properly, one had to pretend to go to school. The child would head out the door at the proper time, schoolbooks in hand, and only when safely out of sight of home would their true itinerary become evident. Of course, the child then often spent the day dreading detection and capture by nearly any grownup, most especially the local Truant Officer.
posted by
Lanetay
on September 11, 2007 at 6:23 PM
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tattered
dunno, but you have piqued my curiosity...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 11, 2007 at 6:23 PM
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lustorlove
LOL...Tat may have worked for a bad act, I am not sure about some prety fast kids!! I am well M'lady, and you?
posted by
Tattered_Knight
on September 11, 2007 at 6:18 PM
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tattered
how about this the head master had a cane and when he would see the kids out of school he used the end of the cane to hook them back in and took them to school himself
How are you doing Sir Knight
posted by
Lanetay
on September 11, 2007 at 6:16 PM
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