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First I've heard of a 'toot'! It's pretty funny due to it's usage in UK slang. It can mean everything from smoking a cigarette, to snorting cocaine, to oral se

First I've heard of a 'toot'! It's pretty funny due to it's usage in UK slang. It can mean everything from smoking a cigarette, to snorting cocaine, to oral sex.

gnfargbl 4y ago
That's true, but those uses of the word are pretty obscure. I would say the most common meaning of "toot" in the UK is the noise a horn makes, especially a bicycle/car/train horn. It's much more of a friendly word for toddlers than it is a slang word for debauchery. (Example: "Toot! Toot! Packed full of fun and games, it's the Thomas & Friends Annual 2022!", https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thomas-Friends-Annual-Packed-games/dp/0755501004 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thomas-Friends-Annual-Packed-games/...)
jwx48 4y ago
In my particular American-English dialect, it means flatulence.
- cratermoon 4y ago
  Thus the school-boy doggerel, "Beans, beans, the wonderful fruit..."
  - jwineinger 4y ago
    I learned it as "the musical fruit" or "good for the heart"
dewey 4y ago
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/16080 https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/16080 They officially switched from "toot" to "post" a few months ago.
- omoikane 4y ago
  Mastodon Renaming “Toots” to “Posts” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26882318 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26882318
Nursie 4y ago
Or “fart”, don’t forget that one!
jordigh 4y ago
Some of us who have been on Mastodon for a few years now insist on calling them toots, despite the official renaming in the original Mastodon repo. A toot is the sound elephant friend (our mascot) makes with their trunk. Also it's silly and all of the other silly associations you have with it are a plus. "Twitter", "tweet", "google", "facebook", "amazon", "apple", "mac", "tumblr", "kindle" are all also pretty stupid names we've just gotten used to, but "toot" is OUR stupid name, and we made it ours, and if its silliness delays the corporate takeover of Mastodon, that's a huge plus.

First I've heard of a 'toot'! It's pretty funny due to it's usage in UK slang. It can mean everything from smoking a cigarette, to snorting cocaine, to oral sex.

gnfargbl 4y ago

That's true, but those uses of the word are pretty obscure. I would say the most common meaning of "toot" in the UK is the noise a horn makes, especially a bicycle/car/train horn. It's much more of a friendly word for toddlers than it is a slang word for debauchery. (Example: "Toot! Toot! Packed full of fun and games, it's the Thomas & Friends Annual 2022!", https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thomas-Friends-Annual-Packed-games/dp/0755501004 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thomas-Friends-Annual-Packed-games/...)

jwx48 4y ago

In my particular American-English dialect, it means flatulence.

cratermoon 4y ago
Thus the school-boy doggerel, "Beans, beans, the wonderful fruit..."
- jwineinger 4y ago
  I learned it as "the musical fruit" or "good for the heart"

dewey 4y ago

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/16080 https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/16080 They officially switched from "toot" to "post" a few months ago.

omoikane 4y ago
Mastodon Renaming “Toots” to “Posts” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26882318 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26882318

Nursie 4y ago

Or “fart”, don’t forget that one!

jordigh 4y ago

Some of us who have been on Mastodon for a few years now insist on calling them toots, despite the official renaming in the original Mastodon repo. A toot is the sound elephant friend (our mascot) makes with their trunk. Also it's silly and all of the other silly associations you have with it are a plus. "Twitter", "tweet", "google", "facebook", "amazon", "apple", "mac", "tumblr", "kindle" are all also pretty stupid names we've just gotten used to, but "toot" is OUR stupid name, and we made it ours, and if its silliness delays the corporate takeover of Mastodon, that's a huge plus.