(Re)DUPLICATIONS, part #2

This post represents a continuation of our previous missive from January 5, 2023:
Grandpa Greg's Advanced Grammar: (re)DUPLICATIONS, part #1

previous posted poems (part #1) 

cootchie-cootchie-coo

clap-trap

dilly-dally

fuddle-duddle

fuddy-duddy

hanky-panky

harum-scarum

helter-skelter

CURRENT CONTENTS

Higgledy-piggledy

Hobo

Hocus-pocus

Hodge-podge 

Hoi-polloi

Holus-bolus

Hubba-hubba

 

 

Authors' Note: Higgledy-piggledy is yet another (re)duplication relating to disorder and impetuousness whose meaning overlaps with helter-skelter, and harum-scarum.

Authors' Note: The (re)duplication hoi polloi derives from the ancient Greek term for 'the many'. This expression, like its close cousin riff-raff (also a reduplication), has been used in class-conscious England for severlal centuries; similar expressions, tinged with disparagement include plebeian, and the great unwashed.  In a recent inexplicable twist, as described by speedysnail, hoi polloi has come to be used, in some circumstances, to mean the exact opposite.

Authors' Note:

bubba: stereotyped male inhabitant of the southern US with an upbeat, but macho attitude

Bubba: frequent nickname for a specific male, as used by his buddies

rubba: rubber (American slang for condom), with typical non-rhotic pronunciation

chick: southern girl

hubba-hubba: intriguing (re)duplication, presumably originating in the US a century ago; an expression of approval voiced by males when viewing a sexually attractive chick

Web-search: https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/06/hubba-hubba.html

Overlapping Themes

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