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I don't find “to toot” sound any stranger than “to tweet”.

imwillofficial 6y ago
In the US, “toot” is not only a word used for something you might do with a horn. It also means “a fart.” A hilariously bad name if your humor is like that of a child. (Mine is)
- wombatpm 6y ago
  My wife, exasperated at our two teenaged boys, asked me if men ever outgrow fart jokes. I laughed, said maybe, then asked her to pull my finger. Though when primed with the word Mastodon, I did think of the large trunk and a cartoon-like trumpeting of that trunk. Right after thinking how my grandmother would call her farts toots.
  - xnyan 6y ago
    Fart jokes have always been found funny at all age and maturity levels. Even Martin Luther made fart jokes: "When the argument that the Christian is without the law and above the law doesn’t help, I instantly chase him away with a fart."
    - tesseract 6y ago
      The oldest known recorded joke, from ancient Sumeria, is a fart joke.
    - bobthechef 6y ago
      Don't forget Mozart. He even went further with his shit jokes (it was a family affair).[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart_and_scatology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart_and_scatology
- userbinator 6y ago
  A horn played badly also sounds like farting, so perhaps that's where the second meaning came from.
the_lonely_road 6y ago
Toot is a sophomoric word for passing flatulence in the US. So hearing “to toot” summons the mental connection of farting which any marketing person on here will probably tell you people don’t want to be associated with their product.
- bobthechef 6y ago
  Indeed. This isn't a question of maturity as some rather bizarre comments in that issue claim. The word is just phonetically and pragmatically asinine. Pick a word that isn't associated with comical bodily noises like "choochoo". Would anyone join a service where you "choochoo" at people? It sounds stupid and infantile. "Tweet" is bad enough. "Toot" goes further.
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octopoc 6y ago
"toot" means "fart" where I'm from. Imagine a social network where they referred to posts by users as "farts". "Your fart was shared by 230 of your followers." "This fart is NSFW" "This fart has been promoted" "Pin this fart to the top of your feed" It does seem like a poor choice of words. Tweeting on the other hand didn't have a negative connotation until Twitter became what it is today and gave it a negative connotation.
- fernandotakai 6y ago
  fun fact: that was kind of the plot of a letterkenny episode, called "Fartbook", from season 1. it's really good! https://letterkenny.fandom.com/wiki/Fartbook https://letterkenny.fandom.com/wiki/Fartbook
  - lc9er 6y ago
    That’s a Texas-sized 10-4 buddy!
- Ntrails 6y ago
  There is a concept, on forums, of shitposting. There are common expressions such as "chatting shit" for unverified speculation or "shooting the shit" to mean talking about nothing and everything. I suspect most of the content on Mastodon, like twitter, is shit. The choice of words seems appropriate.

In the US, “toot” is not only a word used for something you might do with a horn. It also means “a fart.” A hilariously bad name if your humor is like that of a child. (Mine is)

wombatpm 6y ago
My wife, exasperated at our two teenaged boys, asked me if men ever outgrow fart jokes. I laughed, said maybe, then asked her to pull my finger. Though when primed with the word Mastodon, I did think of the large trunk and a cartoon-like trumpeting of that trunk. Right after thinking how my grandmother would call her farts toots.
- xnyan 6y ago
  Fart jokes have always been found funny at all age and maturity levels. Even Martin Luther made fart jokes: "When the argument that the Christian is without the law and above the law doesn’t help, I instantly chase him away with a fart."
  - tesseract 6y ago
    The oldest known recorded joke, from ancient Sumeria, is a fart joke.
  - bobthechef 6y ago
    Don't forget Mozart. He even went further with his shit jokes (it was a family affair).[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart_and_scatology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart_and_scatology
userbinator 6y ago
A horn played badly also sounds like farting, so perhaps that's where the second meaning came from.

the_lonely_road 6y ago

Toot is a sophomoric word for passing flatulence in the US. So hearing “to toot” summons the mental connection of farting which any marketing person on here will probably tell you people don’t want to be associated with their product.

bobthechef 6y ago
Indeed. This isn't a question of maturity as some rather bizarre comments in that issue claim. The word is just phonetically and pragmatically asinine. Pick a word that isn't associated with comical bodily noises like "choochoo". Would anyone join a service where you "choochoo" at people? It sounds stupid and infantile. "Tweet" is bad enough. "Toot" goes further.

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octopoc 6y ago

"toot" means "fart" where I'm from. Imagine a social network where they referred to posts by users as "farts". "Your fart was shared by 230 of your followers." "This fart is NSFW" "This fart has been promoted" "Pin this fart to the top of your feed" It does seem like a poor choice of words. Tweeting on the other hand didn't have a negative connotation until Twitter became what it is today and gave it a negative connotation.

fernandotakai 6y ago
fun fact: that was kind of the plot of a letterkenny episode, called "Fartbook", from season 1. it's really good! https://letterkenny.fandom.com/wiki/Fartbook https://letterkenny.fandom.com/wiki/Fartbook
- lc9er 6y ago
  That’s a Texas-sized 10-4 buddy!
Ntrails 6y ago
There is a concept, on forums, of shitposting. There are common expressions such as "chatting shit" for unverified speculation or "shooting the shit" to mean talking about nothing and everything. I suspect most of the content on Mastodon, like twitter, is shit. The choice of words seems appropriate.