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Absolutely tootley!

English translation: absolutely

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English term or phrase:Absolutely tootley!
Selected answer:absolutely
Entered by: S.J

23:39 Sep 7, 2017
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / colloquial expression/slang
English term or phrase: Absolutely tootley!
Absolutely tootley!

One of the movie character keep saying.
S.J
Canada
Local time: 10:27
absolutely
Explanation:
This sounds like something Ned Flanders would say. "Tootley" is a meaningless suffix that's added for emphasis. It does also sound like "totally", but that's probably just coincidence.
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philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
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4 +7absolutely
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
absolutely tootley!
absolutely


Explanation:
This sounds like something Ned Flanders would say. "Tootley" is a meaningless suffix that's added for emphasis. It does also sound like "totally", but that's probably just coincidence.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 119
Grading comment
Thanks for your efforts
Notes to answerer
Asker: No, it isn't vulgar since it's kids show.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Forstag: Or, more vulgarly, abso-FU-KING-lutely!
31 mins
agree  Tony M: It's a common habit to add an extra alliterative syllable like this, cf dated expressions like "see you later, alligator!"
5 hrs
agree  Jack Doughty
5 hrs
agree  Sheila Wilson: It sounds terribly dated. Mary Poppins era, perhaps?
7 hrs
agree  Mark Nathan
8 hrs
agree  writeaway: cutesy-poo speak (absobloodylutely-for older kiddies)
9 hrs
agree  Lara Barnett: Yes, very positive feeling behind the speaker/person.
10 hrs
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