These are my notes that I hope to eventually make into an article at http://www.xoup.net/faq/patootie.php patootie variations: pattootie, patoot, horse's patoot, rat's patootie, cutie patootie, hot patootie, sweet patootie, patootie pie, shootie patootie, cold patootie tango, patootie-bag, -- The Online Slang Dictionary. http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wrader/slang/p.html patootie n 1. buttocks. Can also be used as an exclamation, e.g. "Rat's patootie!" -- Phrase Thesaurus, discussion forum http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin_board/8/messages/382.html An opinion on the origin of patootie. -- WWFTD (worthless word for the day) http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/pq.htm patootie [U.S. slang] /pa-too'-tee/ a sweetheart, girl-friend; a pretty girl suggested by sweetheart and sweet potato(?) -- HyperDictionary http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/conquest http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/coquette both list as related terms: sweet patootie, sweetheart, sweetie -- webster-dictionary.org http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/date http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/catch both used to list these related words: sweet patootie, sweetheart, sweetie These can be seen under google's cache: http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:J-j1xG4VUvAJ:www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/date+patootie http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:4OhPuiWN0ygJ:www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/catch+patootie -- Las Vegas Weekly commentary http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/2003/12/18/gray.html From Jane Ann Morrison's December 15 column in the Review-Journal: "A number of Democrats said that Reid doesn't give a rat's patootie about the party's well-being at the state level ..." Our copy of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary—the 10th editon—lacks an entry for "patootie," but the ever-helpful American Slang dictionary provides two definitions so at odds with each other that one closes its cover shocked at Ms. Morrison's inexact use of the language. Definition 1: buttocks. Definition 2: sweetheart. So, which is it, Jane Ann? "Harry Reid doesn't give a rat's ass" or "Harry Reid doesn't give a rat's boyfriend/girlfriend/life partner"? The difference, as you can see, is tremendous, and given the vital subject matter—the Democratic party's well-being at the state level—we think a little more clarity is in order. -- New words in Webster's New World Collegiate Dictionary, 4th edition http://www.cherryfritz.com:81/ospdupdate/wnwc_allnew.html -- The Winthrop Slang Dictionary Spring 2002 http://faculty.winthrop.edu/kosterj/WRIT102/spring02slang.htm Cutie patootie: expression of disbelief. Also a person who is unbelievably cute (from the Rosie TV show). -- The American·British - British·American Dictionary http://cgi.peak.org/~jeremy/flick.cgi?American=patootie [frames] http://cgi.peak.org/~jeremy/retort.cgi?American=patootie [no frames] patootie col n : butt, “it’s a big pain in the patootie”. It is also ion the definition for butt http://cgi.peak.org/~jeremy/flick.cgi?American=butt [frames] http://cgi.peak.org/~jeremy/retort.cgi?American=butt [no frames] butt n : buttocks, cf. bum, syn. ass, fanny, duff, keister, patootie, tush, “kiss my butt”. See expr. move your butt. -- The Wordwizard Clubhouse Excerpts from a discussion of "cutie patootie". http://www.wordwizard.com/clubhouse/founddiscuss1.asp?Num=1399 It's at least as old as "Petootie Pie" (sp) written by Leveen/Pack/Paparelli and recorded by Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five in 1945. http://music.onino.co.uk/music/legendary_ella_fitzgerald_vol_5_the.html The Legendary Ella Fitzgerald volume 5 track 19 - Patootie Pie In southern vernacular, "sweet patootie" is a generic term of endearment and is generally agreed to be derived from "sweet potato pie" -- New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary PATOOTIE noun U.S. slang, early 20th century [perhaps alteration of POTATO] A sweetheart, a girlfriend, a pretty girl. -- Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang PATOOTIE noun [1920s and still in use] (U.S..) an attractive young women [? Standard English ‘potato,’ especially ‘sweet potato’] [[? indicates some uncertainty as to origin]] PATOOTIE/PATOOT noun [1920s and still in use] (U.S.) the buttocks [extension of ‘patootie’ [[from above]] SWEET PATOOTIE noun [1920s and still in use] a women, a girl friend [Standard English ‘sweet’ + ‘patootie’ -- Dictionary of American Slang (Chapman’s) PATOOTIE or SWEET PATOOTIE by 1921 1. noun or noun phrase – One’s girlfriend or boyfriend; sweetheart: . . . tell their patooties how pretty they are—NY Confidentnial. 2. noun or noun phrase – A young women: . . . a batch of pretty-panned patooties—G. Dixon [perhaps from a play on ‘sweet’ potato suggested by ‘sweeheart’ and ‘potato’ as used like ‘tomato’ to mean a person] -- PATOOT or PATOOTIE OR PTOOT noun by 1960s The buttocks; fundament; =ASS: ‘You hear with your patoot, curlylocks—Earl Thompson; Talk about a horse’s ptoot. . . —Daily Jefferson County Union [origin unknown; perhaps from dialect ‘tout,’ ‘buttocks’ from Middle English, pronounced toot, and altered to conform to ‘sweet patootie’ by folk etymology] -- UrbanDictionary.com http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=badonkadonk&skip=20 Badonkadonk: a rockin' patootie. Strangely, this dictionary does not have an entry for "patootie" [double check for variants] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shootie+patootie shootie patootie (inter.) an expression of amazement. (n) something amazing or unusual. I know a woman who hugs complete strangers, then the next moment cusses out her friends like crazy. She's a real Shootie Patootie. -- Moby Thesaurus http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/research/ilash/Moby/mthes.html date: ..., sweet patootie, sweetheart, sweetie, ... -- Cool New Books for kids http://www.kidsreads.com/features/0208-cool.asp EPOSSUMONDAS, by Coleen Salley Epossumondas is his mama's and auntie's sweet little "patootie." He's not only a patootie, he's a possum and he lives south of the Mason-Dixon line. Amazon's blurb: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/015216748X/qid%3D1078505120/103-7021069-2662228#product-details Amazon's Editorial Review: Veteran children's lit professor Coleen Salley tells a variation on her signature story, an archetypal "noodlehead" tale based on the time-honored Southern legend of Epaminondas. Book Description: Who's Epossumondas? Why, he's his mama's and his auntie's sweet little patootie, that's who. He's also the silliest, most lovable, most muddleheaded possum south of the Mason-Dixon line! http://www.booksunderreview.com/Games/Video_Games/Developers_and_Publishers/I/Interplay/Titles/Titles_18.html The book begins: "Epossumondas was his mama's and his auntie's sweet little patootie. They just loved him to death. Epossumondas used to go see his auntie most every day, and she nearly always gave him something to take home with him..." -- Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english/Po/Postoperative.html Anagrams: Postoperative Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-o-o-p-p-r-s-t-t-v" 4 letters: ..., patooties, ... http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english/Xa/Xanthoprotein.htmlAnagrams: XANTHOPROTEIN Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-n-n-o-o-p-r-t-t-x" 5 letters: ..., patootie, http://www.websters-dictionary-online.org/definition/english/GN/GNATHOPODITE.html Anagrams: GNATHOPODITE Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams Words within the letters "a-d-e-g-h-i-n-o-o-p-t-t" 4 letters: ..., patootie, -- Webster's Online Dictionary: http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english/pa/patootie.html -- http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=patootie patootie: log in for this definition of patootie and other entries in Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, available only to Dictionary.com Premium members. -- http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=sweetheart http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=patootie lists patootie as a synomyn for sweetheart -- The Probert Encyclopaedia, Hampshire, England http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/ZP.HTM Patootie is American slang for the buttocks. © 1993-2004 Probert Publishing -- The Wildhearts, Ask Ginger, 2nd May 1999 http://www.thewildhearts.com/askginger/askginger06.shtml Q: What on earth does Cold Patootie Tango mean and where did it come from? A: 'Patootie' means the female sexual area, cold means 'off the boil' and a tango is a dance. You figure it out! (no copyright notice) -- usage: JRA World http://jraworld.arthritisinsight.com/community/photo/page15.html Alexandra -- diagnosed with JRA at 18months -- now 5 years old! Sent in by her mom, Angie. What a cutie-patootie! -- usage: http://www.crummy.com/jabberwocky/2003/12 Hand-painted one of a kind art, my patootie! -- usage: http://exchristian.net/exchristian/2003_02_08_archive.php What if I don't give a rat's patootie? -- usage: [google cache] http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:xXvZcgAK0D0J:www.ruggedelegantliving.com/a/002166.html+patootie&hl=en&start=52&ie=UTF-8 By the end of the show, we had named Erskine, Matt, Amy and John "The Red Hot Patootie Team." The current version has the word patootie removed. http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/a/002166.html -- usage: http://www.uga.edu/garev/winter99/moore.htm I nearly froze my patootie off, and it was July! -- usage: http://www.theforce.net/kids/briefing_room/email/mail_august_99.htm Q: Hi Obi, Are you single? Cause you're a real Cutie Patootie. Can you please tell me? -Amy A: Dear Amy, I'm not married, if that's what you mean. I have consulted the Galactic Encyclopedia for rare Alien Species, but I can't find the definition for a "Cutie Patootie". Master Yoda also never heard of "Cutie Patooties". He suggested that it might be a nickname for young Padawans, is that correct? -- usage: Alexandra Kleeman's blog, October, 2001 http://www.technicolor.org/archive/2001_10_01_index.html And in Language Arts, I learned about my wonderful teacher's theory on life. She says you're born with a "patootie-bag" full of guilt, and as you go through life you take things out of your patootie-bag and cast it away, or you add more to your patootie-bag (which makes the bag heavy and makes you miserable). And the object of life is to die with little to no weight. It's an idea that I plan to think about over the weekend. -- Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections Division Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/prri/pato.htm Patooties. "And a Huge Pain in the Patootie"* (Murray's Law, Nov. 7, 1998) / Murray. -- Summary: She's smart, organized, and perfect. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "perfection" -- Meat Loaf http://www.lyricsdownload.com/cgi-bin/frames.cgi?http://www.lyricsdownload.com/meat-loaf-hot-patootie-whatever-happened-to-saturday-night-lyrics.html [warning, annoying popups and download dialog box] This song was also used in The Rocky Horror Picture Show http://www.godamongdirectors.com/scripts/rhps.shtml Hot Patootie (Whatever Happened To Saturday Night) Lyrics Whatever happened to Saturday Night When you dressed up sharp and you felt alright It don't seem the same since cosmic light Came into my life, I thought I was divine I used to drive around with a chick who'd go Listen to the music on the radio A saxaphone was blowing on a rock 'n' roll show You climbed in the back seat Really had a good time Hot Patootie - Bless my soul I really love that Rock and Roll Hot Patootie - Bless my soul I really love that Rock and Roll Hot Patootie - Bless my soul I really love that Rock and Roll Hot Patootie - Bless my soul I really love that Rock and Roll -- DAVE APPELL & THE APPLEJACKS "Sweet Patootie Pie" -- MP3 of Ella's "Patootie Pie" http://www.alphamusic.de/clip/6460053/18.mp3 http://www.patootie.com/ Seems to be a blog. http://www.patootie.net Seems to be a blog and a tribute to Charlize Theron. http://www.patootie.org Owned by a domain squatter. http://www.sweetpatootie.com/ Is not currently active, but is registered to Brian Appleby -- Cutie Patootie Kids Collection, LLC http://www.qtpatootie.com/ (childrens clothing maker) -- Sweet Patootie is also the name of a cocktail source: THE ALL DRINKS LIST compiled by Andy Premaza http://www.alldrink.com/ http://www.webtender.com/db/drink/891 http://www.barfliers.com/drinks/VIEW/1902/Sweet%20Patootie%20Cocktail/ http://www.epicurus.com/beverages/guide/R969.htm http://recipes.chef2chef.net/recipe-archive/23/130934.shtml http://www.mixology.com/recipes/ShowRecipe.asp?ID=1177 drunks.com 1 ounce Gin 1/2 ounce Triple Sec 1 tablespoon Orange juice Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve. Bar-None lists a variation called Sweet Patootie #2 http://www.barnonedrinks.com/recipes/cocktails/s/sweetpatootie2.html 1 oz. Gin 1 oz. Triple Sec 1 1 oz. Orange Juice Pour over rocks and garnish with an orange slice. -- movies -- The Internet Movie DataBase http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183093/ French Fried Patootie (1941) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0334454/ Sweet Patootie (1920) Amazon.com does not carry either of those movies. -- Mae Busch (1891-1946) http://www.wayoutwest.org/busch/films.html French Fried Patootie (1941) -- HALF-WAY TO HOLLYWOOD: The non-3 Stooges Columbia Two-Reel Comedy Shorts http://columbiacomedyshorts.tripod.com/halfwaytohollywoodthecolumbiashortsdepartment/id4.html *FLUNG BY A FLING (5/12/49) D: Jules White. Christine McIntyre, Grace Lenard, Nanette Bordeaux, Judy Malcolm, Johnny Kascier. The boys, attending a war veterans convention, try to prevent their wives from meeting an old flame. A remake of Alan Mowbrays FRENCH FRIED PATOOTIE (1941). -- Some magazine articles with "patootie" in the title: from HighBeam eLibrary Research http://www.highbeam.com/library/index.asp -- The New Republic; February 21, 1994 http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:28556020&refid=11278 A rat's patootie. (TRB - Oliver North and the Republican Party) A column by MIchael Kinsley "Most people don't give a rat's patootie" about his role in the Iran-contra scandal, says Virginia Senate candidate Oliver North. I'm not sure what a patootie is, but I know a rat when I smell one. -- Newsday, December 1, 2002 http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:70017896&refid=11278 Cutie Patootie: Rosie's Partner Gives Birth -- People Weekly, October 7, 2002; http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:92105362&refid=11278 The War Of The Rosies: Cutie patootie? Out-of-control boss? A business fracas puts Rosie O'Donnell under a microscope. Cover story by Michelle Tauber -- People Weekly, December 16, 2002 Cutie Patootie: Rosie O'Donnell and partner Kelli Carpenter welcome baby Vivienne Rose.(Up Front) Author: Smolowe, Jill http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:95259018&refid=11278 -- Flutie's patootie, Laurie Fortier, thinks he made his best pass six years ago: at her. (Doug Flutie) Date: May 6, 1985; Publication: People Weekly; Author: Hutchings, David http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:3763353&refid=11278 -- a search of highbeam for "patootie" turns up 133 articles http://www.highbeam.com/library/search.asp?FN=DF&q=patootie -- Forcefield - Roggabogga http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/480 Forcefield, the Providence, R.I. quartet of Patootie Lobe, Meerk Puffy, Gorgon Radeo and Le Geef, is probably not best described by the term "band." ©2002-2004 Dusted Magazine. -- http://www.socialitelife.com/2003/11/rosies_rumble.html Ms. Toepfer recounted a private meeting with Ms. O'Donnell following an all-staff gathering on July 22 during which Ms. O'Donnell was to have said, "You tried to kill Cutie Patootie!" -- a back page feature in which Ms. O'Donnell interviewed very young children. (The feature continued to run on the back page for the remainder of the magazine's existence.) -- recipe: BBQ Sweet Patootie Wedges http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/getrecipe.zsp?id=11788 1 1/2 lbs sweet potato 1 tablespoon butter, melted salt and pepper 1. Scrub potatoes, cut each lenghtwise into 8 wedges or however many makes sense depending on the size of the potatoe. 2. Place wedges on a large piece of foil drizzle with butter and close the foil sealing in the potatoes. 3. Place on grill with medium high heat, close the cover and cook turning once for 15 minutes per side or until the tatties are cooked. 4. Add salt& Pepper and serve. © 1999-2004 Recipezaar. -- Tom Lord's Jazz discography http://www.lordisco.com/tunes/S50.html Sweet patooti Sweet patootie blues Sweet patootie boogie -- White Oak Farm http://www.edistodaylilies.com/photopages/s1.htm names one of their daylilies "sweet patootie" -- Carlson's Gardens http://carlsonsgardens.com/pinkpatootie.htm PINK PATOOTIE (Carlson's Face 'Em Down Evergreen Azalea) – slightly rounded flowers in a delightful shade of antique pink – a warm glow of very faint golden speckling in the throat adds to its charm and uniqueness – mid-May.