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What the heck is a 'cahoot'? Have you ever been in one?

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Posted - January 15, 2018

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  • 13251
    I don't believe it exists singularly.
      January 15, 2018 8:25 AM MST
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  • 44173
    Sorta like a 'smithereen'?
      January 15, 2018 8:44 AM MST
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  • 13251
    Or a confetto.
      January 15, 2018 8:51 AM MST
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  • 2052

    Definition of cahoot

    partnershipleague  usually used in plural  
    • they're in cahoots
    • He was robbed by a man who was in cahoots with the bartender.
    NEW! Time Traveler

    First Known Use: 1827

      January 15, 2018 9:05 AM MST
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  • 46117
    Webster's :   
    Cahoot
     is used almost exclusively in the phrase "in cahoots," which means "in an alliance or partnership." In most contexts, it describes the conspiring activity of people up to no good. (There's also the rare idiom go cahootsmeaning "to enter into a partnership," as in "they went cahoots on a new restaurant.")


    Urban Dictionary adds more:

    cahoots is a noun meaning:

    1.) To be in league with a crime, or conspiracy. Also to mean in alliance with or secret partnership with.

    2.)To be a lover, or someone you like very much. Commonly used by someone how is annoyed or displeases with someone else.

    (Note: this is slang, coming from the word/slang "ca" meaning: used to express a certain feeling of fondness for a person. Also the words "hoots" meaning: the characteristic cry of an owl)
    Examples 
    "Don't trust anyone on that road there are often robbers that are in cahoots with each other!"
    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at January 15, 2018 10:46 AM MST
      January 15, 2018 10:04 AM MST
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  • 44173
    I know all of that. It was just another of my stupid questions looking for sarcastic answers.
      January 15, 2018 10:47 AM MST
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  • 5835
    No, but I was in a lurch once.
      January 16, 2018 2:35 AM MST
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