Talk:coot

The 'Derived Terms' section (that I just tidied) is really just a list of coot species. Would it be better to just create a link to the relevant wikispecies page (with a short explanation)? If nobody replies with an objection I shall make this change in about a week. ~ 10:25, 12 April 2010 (UTC) ~
 * No, because they're valid entry names for English. They should be created. However, they need to be in a box to save space. Mglovesfun (talk) 10:33, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
 * OK. Cleanup looks good. 10:52, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Etymology
Compare Middle Dutch CUUT[4], but COET is probably borrowed from English[6], having the same vowel sound; but not COOT. The Welsh CWTYAR[1], from CWTA[7] (bobtailed) are inadmissible. Andrew H. Gray 17:39, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

[0] means 'Absolutely not; [1] means 'Exceedingly unlikely'; [2] means 'Very dubious'; [3] means 'Questionable'; [4] means 'Possible'; [5] means 'Probable'; [6] means 'Likely'; [7] means 'Most Likely' or *Unattested; [8] means 'Attested'; [9] means 'Obvious' - only used for close matches within the same language or dialect, at linkable periods.

Changes made: Andrew H. Gray 22:47, 29 November 2017 (UTC)Andrew (talk)

RFV discussion: October 2023–February 2024

 * See Wiktionary talk:Requests for verification/English.

RFV discussion: October 2023–February 2024
Rfv-sense "A success; something excellent."

Added by an anonymous editor [//en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=coot&diff=next&oldid=2244527 in March 2007], with both usage examples added at that time. I'm not familiar with any such usage, and can't find it in GBooks, Archive.org, or on the web using Duck Duck Go. Urban dictionary has, "Something that is defined as the best there is" added in July 2007. There is some usage online I don't understand that seems to be from the US South ("(I heard) the coot woman host...", Clemson tiger net; "...Carolina Jackpot is the Coot Cult leader", YouTube), but I strongly suspect that this is a disparaging reference to South Carolina "gamecocks" sports teams (a usage also found at Urban Dictionary). Other uses of "the coot" on the web are overwhelmingly the birds or (less commonly) "eccentric person". Cnilep (talk) 02:15, 12 October 2023 (UTC)


 * As an adjective it may be a humorous alteration of, sumilar to the humorous hooman seen in memes put in the mouths of pets. --Lambiam 08:33, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

RFV failed. Cnilep (talk) 06:07, 6 February 2024 (UTC)