Who dat der, say who dat der?

Well I thought the ol’ devil would stop a spell and talk a lil on hoodoo, conjure and what and why we say what we say.


Now I’m gonna chaw a bit here, and this is just my old opinion that I’ll give a good try to prove is correct, but at the end of the day it’s just my thinking and sussin on it and I’m sure you can prove me wrong a dozen times over in half a dozen days… but don’t sweat it and don’t fret it, I ain’t here to rewrite the dictionary, just giving ya'll my take.

Goofy as a Drunken Mule.

Goof… Goofy… now I’m told “The actual origin of the word is unknown but several origins have been conjectured. According to Merriam-Webster, "goof" is likely a variation of "goff" in an English dialect, meaning simpleton. Some say the word may come from an identically-pronounced Hebrew word meaning "body". Others believe that it was inspired by the Disney character, Goofy (though it is more likely that the character got his name from the word, not the word from the character).

There is a Spanish word, "gofio," which refers to the balls of toasted flour and salt eaten by the original inhabitants of the Canary Islands. In Latin America (esp. Cuba) the word "comegofio" (lit. "gofio-eater") came to refer to anyone from the Canaries, stereotyped as primitive or stupid."

All sounds great; as far as I can find the words origin in American use hails from the early 1920’s and all that fine information up above seems just dandy. But… now I know some of you folk know where I’m about to go so just hold onto your selves a minute for the sake of the folks who don’t… But now could it just maybe… Maaaaaaaybe… come from -

GOOFER!

Ya'll know... as in …

Goofer Dust kills yes… but now check me here... ain’t we got a bag full of tales about how sometimes it swells ya up and kills ya fast, but other times before ya die it drives you out of your head… run round like a dog, confuses and kills… so here ya are runnin around actin like ya ain’t got all your cards in the deck, falling and tripping over your confused, dying self… like one Goofy son of a bitch…

"As late as the 1930s, goofering was a regional synonym for voodooing, and in North Carolina at least, the meaning of the term was broadened beyond spells of damage, illness, and death to include love and it comes comes from the Kikongo word "kufwa," which means "to die." "So could it just be that maybe… Maaaaybe it comes from there.

The ol Devil think so…


I’ll suss on some more words and terms later.

Till then don’t cross the wrong person or ya just might be fixin to get all tied up. *wink*