Alickadoo; Big Dance; Jack the Bear; Hootie

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ALICKADOO

     A good article is in the DAILY TELEGRAPH (London), 15 February 1993, pg. 38, "Global Language Provides Rugby's Big Talking Point"--"Alickadoo is, of course, rugby-player shorthand for rugby's administrative mandarins to be found the world over."

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BIG DANCE

   This has been used many times, usually with college football teams seeking bowl bids or college basketball teams seeking an invitation to the NCAA tournament ("the Big Dance," as opposed to the NIT).  Keith Jackson used it.  It was used for the World Series, but I can't date it just now.

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JACK THE BEAR

    John Roy Musick (1849-1901) wrote JACK, THE BEAR MAN, OR, THE LITTLE MOUNTAIN ARCHER (1877) for the nickel library, issue number 16.
    Golfer Jack Nicklaus was "the Golden Bear," but some headlines have "Jack the Bear."
    Duke Ellington recorded "Jack the Bear" at least as early as 1934.  It was a fox trot in 1940.

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HOOTIE

   On OCLC WorldCat, the dates for recordings are not always accurate. Many albums have many songs lumped together, and the entry simply says that they were all recorded between such-and-such years.  Nevertheless:

1931-1941--"Hootie Blues" by Jay McShann and Walter Brown
1936-1940--"Hold 'em Hootie" by Jay McShann
1938-1940--"Zutty's Hootie Blues" by Pee Wee Russell's Rhythmakers
1941--"Hootie Boogie" by Jay McShann
1941-1943--"Hootie's Ignorant Oil" by Jay McShann (from "New York--1208 Miles")
1944--"Yip Yip De Hootie: My Baby Said Yes" recorded by Bing Crosby
1950?--"Dolimite Hep-Tee Hootie" by Jimmy Dorsey
1958--"Hep Dee Hootie (Cutie Wootie)" from the album "Teen-age Rock!"
1959--"Hootie, the Owl" by Luther Trowbridge

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