“At the very least, we can definitively trace the term to 1937, when it was used in a popular song. It is likely that Cackalacky’s etymology runs much deeper, however…. “It may have arisen from a kind of sound-play utterance used to refer to the rural ways of people from Carolina — a play on […]
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Let’s just agree that ‘Cackalacky’ is NOT German
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged cackalacky, cherokee, jeffrey reaser, talkin tar heel, walt wolfram, word origins on July 16, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
‘North Caclalacka/Cackalacky/Click/Clicky…’
Posted in Just A Bite, Tar Heelia, Tar Talk, tagged cackalacky, etymology, randy kearse, street talk: da official guide, urban slang on July 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »
“North Cack n. (Southern sl.) new school “1. North Carolina. (var. North Caclalacka/Cackalacky/Click/Clicky, N. Cee) “ex: ‘I’m about to make this run to North Cack.’ ” — From “Street Talk: Da Official Guide to Hip-Hop & Urban Slanguage” by Randy Kearse (2006) According to a feature in Saturday’s New York Times, “Mr. Kearse, 45, went […]
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