A Thought On The Way Home

I haven't heard the word cahoots for an absolute age! 

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  1. Well, who are you in cahoots with

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  2. That one was used in our household when I was growing up but no...haven't it heard it in a long time.....thanks for that one.

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  3. Cahoots is so much more descriptive than collusion!

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  4. Cahoots reminds me of classic Hollywood westerns.

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  5. I tend to like using "old-style" words because they feel colorful to me. Curmudgeon is another similar word for me in terms of "color".

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  6. So many great words we should use more often.

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  7. cahoots - colluding or conspiring together secretly

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  8. It's not uncommon by me.

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  9. Cahoots was replaced by collusion. Confronted with collusion, people became confused.

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  10. It's a word which should best be used in modern politics but is shunned by politicians.

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    1. I was just going to say myself that it's a word nowadays usually confined to politics, but used by someone against another in disparaging fashion, as it has a stronger accusatory tone than 'collusion'.

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    2. Cahoots is a lovely friendly word and nothing siƱister about it. My mother was always asking me who was I in cahoots with now. It is a good word. We use it a lot. It is far too friendly and light for politics.

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  11. Hootenanny is a good one too. today the ducks had a right old hootenanny down in their pond!

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  12. Is cahoots used lots in the UK? I am from a UK background and people often look askew at me for my sayings that I thought were normal sayings. Love your blog every day John. Hope you keep it up after the move.

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  13. I use cahoots quite regularly; it seems to be common here. It's one of those words that starts to sound funny if you say it more than once or twice in a row, though :)

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  14. My southern hillbilly of a mother used that word all the time as in "who are you in cahoots with now?!?!" I think I shall toss the word about with my GK's this month. It's never too late to teach the youngsters proper English.

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  15. We are a dying breed unfortunately, us lovers of old, usually, black and white films. Which is where these lovely words are used all the time...

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  17. Harness bulls, dicks, front office men,
    And the high goats up on the bench,
    Ain't they all in cahoots?
    -- Carl Sandburg

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    1. I'd forgotten that quote. It's time to read Sandburg again. Thanks.

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  18. I haven't heard that in ages either. People in the UK today seem to have a limited vocabulary. I have relatives that have never heard the term skewiff or skew-whiff. Have you John?

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  19. I don't think there's an emoji for it.

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  20. Don't think it is a word I have ever used John so if I ever get to chat with you you will definitely not hear me say it. I don't even know what it means (obviously another example of my sheltered life).

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  21. It is tradional in my family that instead of saying delighted or pleased we say we are ‘ cock-a-hoop !! ‘ Guarenteed to raise a smile xx

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  22. Debbie10:08 am

    I used that word just this week, talking to the dog. She wasn’t impressed.

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  23. Cahoots sounds interesting . . .
    I like old words . . .
    Here is one . . . smitten . . .

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  24. Cheerio my Granny always said that you do not hear it now. Cheerio !!

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  25. I grew up in the South and remember the word but I never hear it used now ... and it is a perfect word .. sounds ridiculous but has meaning lol

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  26. Cahoots is a word used in our house, as is shenanigans - usually referring to something the dogs have been up to.

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  27. Cahoots, shenanigans, traipsing, and my husband's favorite, gallivanting have long had a place in our household! LOL

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  28. I just heard it the other day.

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